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sugar-free

adj
(Cookery) not containing sugar and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute
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Translations

sugar-free

[ˌʃʊgəˈfri] sugarless [ˈʃʊgəlɪs] ADJsin azúcar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sugar-free

[ˈʃʊgəˌfriː] sugarless [ˈʃugəlɪs] adjsenza zucchero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sugar

(ˈʃugə) noun
the sweet substance that is obtained from sugar-cane, or from the juice of certain other plants, and used in cooking and for sweetening tea, coffee etc. Do you take sugar in your coffee?
verb
to sweeten, cover or sprinkle with sugar.
ˈsugary adjective
1. tasting of sugar, or containing a lot of sugar. sugary foods.
2. too sweet or sentimental. a sugary story.
ˈsugariness noun
ˈsugar-cane noun
a type of tall grass from whose juice sugar is obtained.
ˌsugar-ˈcoated adjective
covered with icing. sugar-coated biscuits.
ˈsugar-free adjective
not containing sugar.
sugar lump
a small cube of sugar used for sweetening tea etc.
sugar tongs
an instrument for lifting sugar lumps. a pair of sugar tongs.
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sugar-free

خَالٍ مِنَ السُّكَر bez cukru sukkerfri zuckerfrei χωρίς ζάχαρη sin azúcar sokeriton sans sucre bez šećera senza zucchero 砂糖を含まない 설탕이 없는 suikervrij sukkerfri bezcukrowy sem açúcar не содержащий сахар sockerfri ไม่มีน้ำตาล şekersiz không đường 不含糖的
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