maple sugar
noun1
A type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple.
- MAPLE SUGAR SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread spread maple sugar, put slices together and cut with a maple leaf cutter. Serve with hot coffee.1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 159:
- Derived terms
- maple-sugared, maple sugaring, maple sugary
- Related terms
- beet sugar, cane sugar