candy as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
candy
noun
1 candy
A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.
synonym: confect.
Roget 396:
sweetness,
dulcitude†.
sugar,
syrup,
treacle,
molasses,
honey,
manna;
confection,
confectionary;
sweets,
grocery,
conserve,
preserve,
confiture†,
jam,
julep;
sugar-candy,
sugar-plum;
licorice,
marmalade,
plum,
lollipop,
bonbon,
jujube,
comfit,
sweetmeat;
apple butter,
caramel,
damson,
glucose;
maple sirup†,
maple syrup,
maple sugar;
mithai†,
sorghum,
taffy.
nectar;
hydromel†,
mead,
meade†,
metheglin†,
honeysuckle,
liqueur,
sweet wine,
aperitif.
[sources of sugar]
sugar cane,
sugar beets.
[sweet foods]
desert,
pastry,
pie,
cake,
candy,
ice cream,
tart,
puff,
pudding
(food)
298.
dulcification†,
dulcoration†.
sweetener,
corn syrup,
cane sugar,
refined sugar,
beet sugar,
dextrose;
artificial sweetener,
saccharin,
cyclamate,
aspartame,
Sweet'N Low.
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Dutch: snoep
Polish: cukierek
verb
1 candy
Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze.
synonyms: glaze, sugarcoat.
Roget 321:
be dense
etc.
adj.;
become solid,
render solid
etc.
adj.;
solidify,
solidate†;
concrete,
set,
take a set,
consolidate,
congeal,
coagulate;
curd,
curdle;
lopper;
fix,
clot,
cake,
candy,
precipitate,
deposit,
cohere,
crystallize;
petrify
etc.
(harden)
323.
condense,
thicken,
gel,
inspissate†,
incrassate†;
compress,
squeeze,
ram down,
constipate.
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Roget 396:
be sweet
etc.
adj..
render sweet
etc.
adj.;
sweeten;
edulcorate†;
dulcorate†,
dulcify†;
candy;
mull.
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