maple sugar

noun

A type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple.

Meanings

nounmaple sugar (countable and uncountable, plural maple sugars)

plural maple sugars · alternative maple-sugar

  1. countableuncountableA type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple.

    MAPLE SUGAR SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread spread maple sugar, put slices together and cut with a maple leaf cutter. Serve with hot coffee.

    1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 159

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 楓糖 /枫糖
  • 楓糖 /枫糖 (fēngtáng)type of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Finnish vaahterasokeri
  • vaahterasokeritype of sugar made from boiled maple sap
French sucre d'érable
  • sucre d'érabletype of sugar made from boiled maple sap
German Ahornzucker
  • Ahornzuckertype of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Hungarian juharcukor
  • juharcukortype of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Japanese 楓糖
  • 楓糖 (fūtō)type of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Korean 단풍설탕
  • 단풍설탕 (danpungseoltang)type of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Polish cukier klonowy
  • cukier klonowytype of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Welsh siwgwr masarn
  • siwgwr masarntype of sugar made from boiled maple sap
Cite this entry
APA

maple sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maple%20sugar

MLA

“maple sugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maple%20sugar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maple sugar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maple%20sugar.

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