turbinado

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noun

A type of sugar made from the extract of sugar cane

OriginSpanish turbinado →
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Meanings

nounturbinado (countable and uncountable, plural turbinados or turbinadoes)

plural turbinados · plural turbinadoes

  1. countableuncountableA type of sugar made from the extract of sugar cane

    Turbinado is usually made by squeezing the juice out of crushed sugar cane, then spinning what's left after evaporation through a huge centrifuge.

    2006, Harley Pasternak, Myatt Murphy, The 5 Factor Diet, →ISBN, page 70

Origin

  1. Spanishturbinado
  2. Englishturbinado

From Spanish turbinado (literally “churned”).

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APA

turbinado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinado

MLA

“turbinado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinado. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbinado,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinado.

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