sugar water
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈʃʊɡər ˈwɔːtər/
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- I fed all the babies sugar water, and I put all the babies in their beds so they could take their naps.
- sugar water attracts bees
- sugar water for hummingbirds
- bottle of sugar water
It's sugar water, Red Bull sugar water really with a lot of Zing in it, but sugar water.
- It's sugar water, Red Bull sugar water really with a lot of Zing in it, but sugar water.
- Basically, if you were feeling sick, you had a stomach ache and someone said, well, drink sugar water.
- But it froze, so it's probably just sugar water.
- And he finds that on this sugar water diet, the blood glucose values went down and their insulin levels went down.
Examples
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But sugar water, Pedialyte, Gatorade, anything a person can drink and retain.
Blog text (7) -
Our first group of bees had free access to energy in the form of sugar water.
Academic text (2003) -
Do you have any sugar water by any chance?
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It's basically just brown sugar water.
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Let me try some sugar water.
Fiction book (1990) -
I find that drinking pure water instead of sugar water is always a good choice.
Blog text (14) -
And before pulling out each loaf, she would sprinkle it with sugar water.
Fiction book (1996) -
First, mice were provided with water containing artificial sweetener (saccharin) or sugar water.
Academic text (2014) -
To soften the impact, this recipe calls for bar syrup (which is basically thick sugar water) and lemon juice.
Blog text (23) -
The gardener prepared sugar water to nourish the plants during the dry season.
Synonyms
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1.0
Thick sweet liquid used to make food or drink taste better
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1.8
A sweet liquid made by boiling sugar and water
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and literally built from 'sugar' + 'water' — a solution of water sweetened with sugar — so a learner who knows both words will infer the compound. This simple noun+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent compositional patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Sugar water comes from mixing sugar and water to make a sweet liquid. People used that sweet drink to feed animals, draw hummingbirds, or soothe a sore throat, so the phrase now means 'a simple sweet solution' used as a drink or as food for animals and plants.