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View synonyms for sugar candy
sugar candy
1noun
- a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
- a person or thing that is pleasing.
sugar-candy
2[ shoog-er-kan-dee ]
adjective
- excessively sweet; saccharine:
sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- pertaining to or characteristic of someone or something that is pleasing.
sugar candy
noun
- Also calledrock candy large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- confectionery; sweets
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sugar candy1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
It is extremely soluble in water, and can be obtained in large transparent prismatic crystals, as in common sugar-candy.
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Is Sharpe's small article like a bit of sugar-candy, too, Ellen?
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Dr Pereira recommends the addition of sliced lemon and sugar-candy, to render it more palatable.
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Sugar dissolved in water, and permitted to evaporate, yields crystals of sugar-candy.
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The French workmen employ a ground of Armenian bole, mixed with powdered sugar-candy, by means of white of egg.
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