noun / verb
candy
KAN-dee/ˈkændi/
A sweet food made principally with sugar.
Colorful hard candies fill a shallow dish beside a lollipop.
Etymology
From an ancestor meaning “cane sugar,” candy first named crystallized sugar. Its meaning broadened to cover confections made mainly from sugar, especially in American English.
In context
iron. You can use stainless steel or any other heavy pot that you have, but this [music] helps distribute the heat evenly so that your candy, because fudge is a candy, is going to come out perfect.
More examples
- She candied orange peel for the dessert.
- The children shared a small bag of candy.
- The recipe calls for candied cherries.
Forms
candy · candies · candied · candying
Similar words
- dessert
- Any sweet course after a meal, while candy is a sugar-based confection.