sugar-loaf

or sug·ar-loafed

[ shoog-er-lohf ]

adjective

1. resembling a sugar-loaf.

sugar loaf

noun

1. a large conical mass of hard refined sugar See also loaf sugar
2. something resembling this in shape

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar-loaf¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

So I will not be sticking it to Subway and its sugar-loaf mountain.

From The Guardian

The hills even have the almost Chinese sugar-loaf effect found in such paintings as The Virgin of the Rocks.

From The Guardian

Our pine apples grow without culture; they are about the size of the largest sugar-loaf, and finely flavoured.

From Slate

Its prodigious height, and its form, resembling a sugar-loaf, filled me with wonder.

From Slate

The mountain that is the most bold and alpine in the county, and that forms an exception to the general contour of its hills, is the famous one called the “Sugar-loaf,” near Bray.

From Project Gutenberg