demerara in English

noun

1

a river in northern Guyana. Rising in the Guiana Highlands, it flows north for about 200 miles (320 km) to the Atlantic Ocean.

noun

1

partially refined light brown cane sugar coming originally from Guyana.

Cream together the unsalted butter and demerara sugar until light and fluffy.

2

a dark rum fermented from molasses, made in Guyana.

Strain into a highball filled with ice and gently float the Demerara rum over the top - this will give it a strong nose and taste at the first sip.

noun

demerara sugar

Use "demerara" in a sentence

1. Aracari Hotel Guyana is located in West Bank Demerara

2. Originally, the capital of the Demerara-Essequibo colony was located on Borselen Island in the Demerara River under the administration of the Dutch.

3. This easy Crumble topping takes just 10 minutes to prepare and uses only three cooking essentials – plain flour, butter, and demerara sugar.

4. Robert Hopkins Miller says Roberts lost his accumulated wealth in a series of misfortunes, but succeeded in 1823 in being appointed US Consul at Demerara.

5. Kaieteur News – The three individuals who were killed on Monday night during a shoot-out with police in the Backlands of Better Hope, East Cost Demerara (ECD), have been identified

6. The affination syrup, which is the dark brown syrup separated from the raw sugar, can then be clarified, filtered and partially decolourized to make specialty soft sugars such as brown, yellow and Demerara style.

7. DEVELOPMENT of the necessary infrastructure at the new housing scheme at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast of Demerara (ECD), is moving Apace, with contractors set to complete the first round of work within a week

8. TWO prison escapees and their alleged female accomplice were shot dead by officers, who, acting on a tip, swooped down on a shack surrounded by bushes in the desolate Backlands of Better Hope, on the East Coast of Demerara