candy

CEFRA1

/ˈkæn.di/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Sweet food made mainly from sugar.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A piece of confectionery of this kind.

Examples

  • Someday I will buy a cotton candy machine.

  • I want a piece of candy.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  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. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.

  3. An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.

More examples

In context

  • Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.

  • c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher), The Laws of Candy, Act I, Scene 2, […] if to renown Your honours through the world, to fix your names, Like Blazing stars admir’d, and fear’d by all That have but heard of Candy o...

  • candy kid; candy raver

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).