SUGAR WATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sugar water mean? 

• SUGAR WATER (noun)
  The noun SUGAR WATER has 1 sense:

1. water sweetened with sugar

  Familiarity information: SUGAR WATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUGAR WATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water sweetened with sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sugar water" is a kind of...):

drinking water (water suitable for drinking)

 Context examples 

Twice a week for six weeks, the volunteers sprayed a solution of sugar water containing increasing doses of live R. mucosa onto their inner elbows and one additional skin area of their choice.

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