sugar water

See also: sugarwater

English

Etymology

From Middle English sewgyr water, sugour water, water of zuccare.

Noun

sugar water (uncountable)

Water sweetened with sugar.

Usage notes

Sugar water is sometimes used as a placebo.

Derived terms

sugar-water haemolysis test, sugar-water hemolysis test

Translations

water sweetened with sugar

Chinese:
Mandarin: 糖水 (zh) (tángshuǐ)
Danish: sukkervand n
Dutch: suikerwater (nl) n
Finnish: sokerivesi
Galician: almibre (gl) m, churume m, chirume m
Hebrew: מי סוכר
Spanish: almíbar (es) m
Swedish: sockervatten n

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