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Maple Sugar

Definition: Maple Sugar

Maple Sugar

Noun

1. Sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Maple Sugar

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

Got by evaporating sap of sugar maple. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Maple Sugar

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Sweetness

Sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna; confection, confectionary; sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep; sugar-candy, sugar-plum; licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat; apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose; maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar; mithai, sorghum, taffy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Maple Sugar

English words defined with "maple sugar": Acer saccharummaplerock mapleSugar camp, sugar maple, Sugar orchard, Sugar tree. (references)
Specialty definitions using "maple sugar": Flowers and TreesMAPLE-SYRUP MAKERSUPERVISOR, MAPLE PRODUCTS. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Maple Sugar

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References

  • The World Market for Maple Sugar and Maple Syrup: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • The Maple Sugar Book: Together With Remarks on Pioneering As a Way of Living in the Twentieth Century (The Good Life Series) (reference)

  • The Time of the Maple Sugar Moon: The History, the People and the Craft of Sugaring (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Maple Sugar

Photos:
Maple Sugar

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Photo Album: Maple Sugar

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Gathering sap in a maple sugar camp.Credit: Library of Congress.

Bringing in the sap in a maple sugar camp.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Detroit news timely topics. Maple sugar time.Credit: Library of Congress.

Bucket for gathering sap from maple sugar tree and stack of wood needed in boiling sap into syrup on Frank Shurtleff farm. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and.Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Shell loading. TNT is poured into shells through these funnels on a distribution line in a large Midwest loading plant. TNT, used almost exclusively in shells, looks like a good grade of maple sugar. It is believed that soon the United States.Credit: Library of Congress.

Spring thaw on road leading up to Frank Shurtleff's maple sugar house. North Bridgewater, Vermont.Credit: Library of Congress.

Gathering sap from maple sugar trees on the Frank H. Shurtleff farm. North Bridgewater, Vermont.Credit: Library of Congress.

Frand Shurtleff and young neighbor carrying buckets of maple sap. Shurtleff farm, North Bridgewater, Vermont. Gathering sap from maple sugar trees is a social event enjoyed by young and old in the neighborhood.Credit: Library of Congress.

Horse-drawn sled with vat of sap from maple sugar trees, which is boiled down to maple syrup. Frank Shurtleff farm, North Bridgewater, Vermont.Credit: Library of Congress.

West Danville, Vermont. In front of Gilbert S. Hastings General Store and post office, Floyd Wheeler, clerk, chatting a moment in the sunshine with W.D. Coolbeth, seventy-two year old retired farmer. A sign reading "Pure maple sugar and syrup" hangs over.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Maple Sugar

Language Translations for "maple sugar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

кленова захар. (various references)

   

Danish

  

ahornsukker. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

maple suiker, ahornsuiker. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vaahterasokeri. (various references)

   

French

  

sucre d'érable. (various references)

   

German

  

Ahornzucker. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σάκχαρο σφενδάμου, ζάχαρο σφενδάμνου. (various references)

   

Italian

  

zucchero di acero, zucchero d'acero. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"糖 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かえでとう. (various references)

   

Manx

  

shugyr malpys. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aplemay ugarsay

   

Portuguese

  

açúcar de bordo, açúcar de ácer. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

azúcar de arce. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lönnsocker. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Maple Sugar

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-m-p-r-s-u"

-2 letters: earplugs, graupels, plaguers, plumages, rampages.

-3 letters: alarums, alegars, ampules, earlaps, earplug, grampus, graupel, gulpers, laagers, lampers, lumpers, maulers, palmers, perusal, plaguer, plagues, pleuras, plumage, rampage, rumples, sampler, serumal, splurge.

-4 letters: aglare, agleam, alarms, alarum, alegar, algums, almugs, ampler, ampule, ampuls, amuser, argals, argles, argues, asarum, augers, earlap, galeas, gamers, gapers, gasper, glares, gleams, gluers, glumes, graals, gramas, gramps, grapes, gruels, grumes, grumps, gulper, laager, lagers, lampas, lapser, larges, larums, laurae, lauras, lemurs, lugers, lumper, malars, malgre, maples, marges, mauger, maugre, mauler, murals, pagers, palmar, palmer, pareus, parges, parles, pausal, pauser, pearls, plages, plague, plasma, pleura, plumes, praams, pulers, pulsar, pulser, purges, realms, remaps, rumple, salpae, sample, sarape, sauger, saurel, sparge, spurge, ulamas, ulemas.

-5 letters: agape, agars, agers, agmas, agues, alarm, algae, algas, algum, almas, almes, almug, alums, ample, ampul, amuse, apers, apres, areal, areas, argal, argle, argue, argus, arles, arums, asper, auger, aurae, aural, auras, aures, earls, galas, galea, gales, gamas, gamer, games, gamps, gaper, gapes, gaums, gaurs, gears, germs, geums, glare, gleam, gluer, glues, glume, graal, grama, gramp, grams, grape, grasp, gruel, grues, grume, grump, guars, gular, gules, gulps, lager, lamas, lamer, lames, lamps, lapse, lares, large, larum, laser, laura, leaps, lears, lemur, luger, luges, lumps, lures, maars, mages, magus, malar, males, maple, mares, marge, marls, marse, maser, mauls, meals, merls, mules, mural, muras, mures, muser, pager, pages, palea, paler, pales, palms, parae, paras, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, pause, peags, peals, pearl, pears, perms, plage, plasm, pleas, plugs, plume, plums, praam, prams, prase, praus, presa, psalm, puler, pules, pulse, pumas, purge, purls, purse, ragas, rages, rales, ramps, ramus, rapes, realm, reals, reams, reaps, regal, regma, remap, rugae, rugal, rules, rumps, sager, sagum, salep, salpa, sarge, sepal, seral, serum, slump, slurp, smear, spale, spare, spear, sperm, sprag, sprue, sprug, spume, sugar, super, supra, sural, surge, ulama, ulema, urase, ureal, ureas, urges, ursae, usage.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-m-p-r-s-u"
 

+2 letters: rampageously.

 

+4 letters: suprasegmental.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Maple Sugar


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 70 6C 65      53 75 67 61 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110000 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010011 01110101 01100111 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#112 &#108 &#101 &#32 &#83 &#117 &#103 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0070 006C 0065      0053 0075 0067 0061 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

476782787125387736784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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