sugarloaf \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun Etymology: Middle English sugerlaf, from suger sugar + laf loaf 1.: refined sugar molded into a solid cone < in my boyhood in eastern Europe a sugarloaf was still a familiar object — E.G.Gudde > 2.: a hill or mountain resembling a sugarloaf in its conical or conoidal shape