Phrase guide

caster sugar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Granulated sugar that has been sifted to have a finer crystal size, so that it can be shaken out of the holes of a caster.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: castor sugar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: powdered sugar

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пудра захар (pudra zahar) — fine granulated sugar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 糖粉 (tong4 fan2) — fine granulated sugar
  • Danish: melis — fine granulated sugar
  • Danish: stødt melis — fine granulated sugar
  • Danish: strøsukker — fine granulated sugar
  • Finnish: hienosokeri — fine granulated sugar
  • French: sucre semoule — fine granulated sugar
  • Hungarian: porcukor — fine granulated sugar
  • Italian: zucchero semolato — fine granulated sugar
  • Malay: gula pasir — fine granulated sugar
  • Norman: chucre en poudre — fine granulated sugar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: finmalt sukker — fine granulated sugar
  • Polish: drobny biały cukier — fine granulated sugar
  • Romanian: zahăr tos — fine granulated sugar
  • Russian: са́харная пу́дра (sáxarnaja púdra) — fine granulated sugar
  • Slovene: sladkor v prahu — fine granulated sugar
  • Spanish: azúcar extrafino — fine granulated sugar
  • Swedish: finkornigt strösocker — fine granulated sugar
  • Welsh: siwgr mân — fine granulated sugar