piece of candy

  • 1candy — can|dy [ kændi ] noun AMERICAN ** uncount sweet food made of cooked sugar or chocolate but not containing flour: Our kids aren t allowed to eat candy. a candy store Would you like a piece of candy? a. count a piece of candy. One piece is usually… …

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  • 2candy — n. (AE) 1) chocolate; cotton; hard candy 2) a box; piece of candy (BE has sweets) * * * [ kændɪ] cotton hard candy piece of candy (BE has sweets) (AE) chocolate a box …

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  • 3candy — can|dy S3 [ˈkændi] n plural candies [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: candi, from Arabic qandi covered with sugar , from qand sugar ] 1.) AmE a sweet food made from sugar or chocolate ▪ a box of candies …

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  • 4candy bar — noun a candy shaped as a bar • Hypernyms: ↑candy, ↑confect * * * candy bar, a piece of candy, typically barshaped, sold as an individually wrapped package …

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  • 5candy — 1. noun /ˈkændi/ a) Edible, sweet tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors. b) A piece of candy. Syn: confectionery …

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  • 6candy — [[t]kæ̱ndi[/t]] candies N VAR Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate. [AM] ...a piece of candy... There was a large box of candies on a table nearby. (in BRIT, usually use sweets) …

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  • 7candy — [kan′dē] n. pl. candies [< sugar candy < ME (sugre) candi < OFr (sucre) candi < OIt ( zucchero) candi < Ar qandi < Pers qand, cane sugar; prob. < Sans khaṇḍa, piece (of sugar)] 1. crystallized sugar made by boiling and… …

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  • 8Candy — Can dy (k[a^]n d[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Candied} (k[a^]n d[=e]d); p. pr & vb. n. {Candying}.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az[ u]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha[.n][.d]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9Candy corn — is a confection popular in the United States, particularly around Halloween. Each piece is approximately the size of a whole kernel of corn, as if it fell off a ripe or dried ear of corn. The candy is usually tri colored with a yellow base,… …

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  • 10Candy Coloured Blues — is an unofficial documentary DVD on Detroit two piece band The White Stripes. It examines their beginnings and their sudden success. The documentary contains no original music by The White Stripes. [… …

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