1. plural of sugarloaf; cone-shaped masses of refined sugar
Usage: historical
2. hills or mountains with a distinctive conical shape resembling a sugarloaf
Usage: geographical

Examples

• The old grocery store displayed sugarloaves wrapped in blue paper.
• Colonial households would break pieces off sugarloaves as needed.
• The twin sugarloaves dominated the horizon with their perfect cone shapes.
• Sugarloaves were the standard form of refined sugar before granulated sugar became common.
• The hiking trail led between two prominent sugarloaves in the mountain range.
• Early settlers named the peaks ‘sugarloaves’ because of their distinctive shape.