candy : Idioms & Phrases

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barley candy

  • noun a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar
    barley-sugar.
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candied apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; toffee apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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candied citrus peel

  • noun strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup
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candied fruit

  • noun fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
    crystallized fruit; succade.
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candy apple

  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    candied apple; toffee apple; taffy apple; caramel apple.
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candy bar

  • noun a candy shaped as a bar
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candy cane

  • noun a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
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candy corn

  • noun a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn
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candy egg

  • noun egg-shaped candy
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candy kiss

  • noun any of several bite-sized candies
    kiss.
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candy store

  • noun a confectioner's shop
    confectionery; confectionary.
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candy striper

  • noun a volunteer worker in a hospital
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candy thermometer

  • noun a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking
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candy-like

  • adjective satellite resembling candy
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candy-scented

  • adjective satellite smelling of candy
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chocolate candy

  • noun candy made with chocolate
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cotton candy

  • noun a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
    spun sugar; candyfloss.
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eye candy

  • noun visual images that are pleasing to see but are intellectually undemanding
    • he wanted to put some eye candy on their web site
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hard candy

  • noun candy that is brittle
    • you can break a tooth on that hard candy
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mint candy

  • noun a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
    mint.
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nose candy

  • noun street names for cocaine
    blow; C; coke; snow.
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peppermint candy

  • noun a candy flavored with peppermint oil
    peppermint.
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Rock candy

  • noun hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
    rock.
  • noun sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string
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  • a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
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Sugar candy

  • noun made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
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  • sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized; candy made from sugar.
Webster 1913