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noun
A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: refinery
noun
A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, New-England
Synonyms: sugar shack, sugar shanty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh2 Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English sugarhouse From sugar + house.
