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DictionarynougatNut confection
noun

nougat

NOO-gut/ˈnuːɡət/

A chewy candy made with sugar or honey and nuts.

This chewy nougat combines roasted almonds with sugar and honey.

Three cut pieces of chewy white nougat with clearly embedded almonds and pistachios, one small stretched edge shows chewy consistency; visibly drawn candy surfaces with dark pen contours and fine crosshatching, sparse cream wash, no glossy food photography or packaging.
Etymology
nougatOld Provençalnutcake

The older word meant “nutcake,” naming the sweet by its nuts. That connection survives in nougat’s almonds or other nuts mixed into a sweet base.

In context

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More examples

  • She cuts the nougat into small squares.
  • The chocolate bar has a center of peanut nougat.
  • The shop sells almond and pistachio nougats.

Forms

nougat · nougats

Similar words

candy
A broader term that includes sweets without nuts.
confection
Any prepared sweet, not specifically a chewy nut candy.