Meanings
nounpowdered sugar (usually uncountable, plural powdered sugars)
plural powdered sugars
- USuncountableusuallyVery finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture.
Synonyms: confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, pulverized sugar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVery finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture.
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Translations
Bulgarian пудра захар
- пудра захар (pudra zahar)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Catalan sucre de llustre
- sucre de llustrevery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Chinese Cantonese 糖霜
- 糖霜 (tong⁴ soeng¹)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Chinese Mandarin 糖粉
- 糖粉 (tángfěn)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Czech práškový cukr, cukr moučka
- práškový cukrvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- cukr moučkavery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Danish flormelis
- flormelisvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Dutch poedersuiker
- poedersuikervery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Esperanto glazursukero
- glazursukerovery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Finnish tomusokeri
- tomusokerivery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
French sucre glace, sucre à glacer
- sucre glacevery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- sucre à glacervery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- sucre en poudrevery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- sucre impalpablevery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
German Puderzucker, Staubzucker
- Puderzuckervery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- Staubzuckervery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Greek ζάχαρη άχνη
- ζάχαρη άχνη (záchari áchni)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Hungarian porcukor
- porcukorvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Icelandic flórsykur
- flórsykurvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Italian zucchero a velo
- zucchero a velovery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Japanese 粉砂糖
- 粉砂糖 (konazatō)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Korean 분당
- 분당 (bundang)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Māori puehu huka
- puehu hukavery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Norwegian melis
- melisvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Polish cukier puder
- cukier pudervery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Portuguese açúcar de confeiteiro, açúgar em pó
- açúcar de confeiteirovery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- açúgar em póvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Romanian zahăr pudră
- zahăr pudrăvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Russian са́харная пу́дра
- са́харная пу́дра (sáxarnaja púdra)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Slovak práškový cukr
- práškový cukrvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Spanish azúcar flor, azúcar glas
- azúcar florvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- azúcar glasvery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
- azúcar glasévery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Swedish florsocker
- florsockervery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Turkish pudra şekeri
- pudra şekerivery finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Ukrainian цукро́ва пу́дра
- цукро́ва пу́дра (cukróva púdra)very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc
Cite this entry
APA
powdered sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powdered%20sugar
MLA
“powdered sugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powdered%20sugar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “powdered sugar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powdered%20sugar.
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