Meanings
nounbrown sugar (countable and uncountable, plural brown sugars)
plural brown sugars
- countableuncountableRefined sugar to which molasses has been added.
- countableslanguncountableHeroin.
Synonyms: Big H, boy, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope
- countableslanguncountableAn attractive black woman; (metonymic) amorous or sexual activity with such a woman.
He be tryna get some brown sugar, but he'll have to get it somewhere else.
1 more example
What's happening brown sugar? Say, you look so good today / Ankle bracelet wrapped around your leg
1996, “Camay”, in Ironman, performed by Ghostface Killah
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHeroin.
Translations
Catalan sucre roig
- sucre roigpartially refined sugar
Danish farin, farin
- farinpartially refined sugar
- farinrefined sugar with molasses
Finnish ruskea sokeri, ruokosokeri
- ruskea sokeripartially refined sugar
- ruokosokeripartially refined sugar
- fariinisokerirefined sugar with molasses
French cassonade, sucre roux
- cassonadepartially refined sugar
- sucre rouxpartially refined sugar
German brauner Zucker
- brauner Zuckerpartially refined sugar
Hungarian barna cukor, barnacukor
- barna cukorpartially refined sugar
- barnacukorpartially refined sugar
Italian zucchero grezzo
- zucchero grezzopartially refined sugar
Māori huka parauri
- huka parauripartially refined sugar
Polish brązowy cukier
- brązowy cukierpartially refined sugar
Portuguese açúcar mascavo
- açúcar mascavopartially refined sugar
Russian кори́чневый са́хар
- кори́чневый са́хар (koríčnevyj sáxar)partially refined sugar
Spanish azúcar moreno, azúcar morena
- azúcar morenopartially refined sugar
- azúcar morenapartially refined sugar
Swedish farinsocker, farin
- farinsockerpartially refined sugar
- farinpartially refined sugar
- farinsockerrefined sugar with molasses
- farinrefined sugar with molasses
Tagalog pulang asukal, pulang asukal
- pulang asukalpartially refined sugar
- pulang asukalrefined sugar with molasses
Thai น้ำตาลทรายแดง
- น้ำตาลทรายแดง (nám-dtaan-saai-dɛɛng)partially refined sugar
Turkish kahverengi şeker, esmer şeker
- kahverengi şekerpartially refined sugar
- esmer şekerpartially refined sugar
Welsh siwgr coch
- siwgr cochpartially refined sugar
Cite this entry
APA
brown sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20sugar
MLA
“brown sugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20sugar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown sugar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20sugar.
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