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- [kan-dee]
- /ˈkæn di/
- /ˈkændi/
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- [kan-dee]
- /ˈkæn di/
Definitions of candy word
- variable noun candy Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate. 3
- noun candy confectionery in general; sweets, chocolate, etc 3
- noun candy a person or thing that is regarded as being attractive but superficial 3
- verb candy to cause (sugar, etc) to become crystalline, esp by boiling or (of sugar) to become crystalline through boiling 3
- verb candy to preserve (fruit peel, ginger, etc) by boiling in sugar 3
- verb candy to cover with any crystalline substance, such as ice or sugar 3
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Origin of candy
First appearance:
before 1225 One of the 9% oldest English words
1225-75; Middle English candi, sugre candi candied sugar < Middle French sucre candi; candi ≪ Arabic qandī < Persian qandi sugar < Sanskrit khaṇḍakaḥ sugar candy
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Parts of speech for Candy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
candy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
candy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for candy
noun candy
- sweet — having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
- bonbon — a sweet
- confectionery — Confectionery is sweets and chocolates.
- jawbreaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- sweetmeat — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
verb candy
- caked — If something is caked with mud, blood, or dirt, it is covered with a thick dry layer of it.
- gelling — Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- firming — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
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