CANDY

Candy

Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added. Candies come in numerous colors and varieties and have a long history in popular culture.

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candy

Noun

  1. Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
  2. A piece of confectionery of this kind.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Verb

  1. To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
  2. To have sugar crystals form in or on.
    Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
  3. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.


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