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şeker — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • candy noun Sweet confectionery made mainly from sugar, often flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
  • sugar noun A sweet crystalline substance, usually made from sugar cane or sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.
  • sweet adj Having the taste of sugar; not sour, salty, or bitter.

Senses

şeker is used for these senses in English:

  • candy (countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
  • diabetes mellitus A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
  • sweet (countable, especially, _, UK, India) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

candy — full definition

  1. noun Sweet confectionery made mainly from sugar, often flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
  2. verb To coat or cook something in sugar syrup until it hardens.
  3. noun Slang for crack cocaine.

sugar — full definition

  1. noun A sweet crystalline substance, usually made from sugar cane or sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.
  2. noun Any of a group of water-soluble carbohydrates, such as glucose, that provide energy to living things.
  3. verb To add sugar to something in order to sweeten it.

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