CANDY (candied)

Pronunciation (US):

• CANDY (noun)
  The noun CANDY has 1 sense:

1. a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

  Familiarity information: CANDY used as a noun is very rare.

• CANDY (verb)
  The verb CANDY has 1 sense:

1. coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

  Familiarity information: CANDY used as a verb is very rare.

• CANDY (noun)

Meaning:

A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

candy; confect

Hypernyms ("candy" is a kind of...):

confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candy"):

Easter egg (an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter)

nougat bar (a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate)

nougat (nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste)

marchpane; marzipan (almond paste and egg whites)

marshmallow (spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar)

lozenge (a small aromatic or medicated candy)

all-day sucker; lollipop; sucker (hard candy on a stick)

Life Saver (a candy shaped like a small lifesaver)

licorice; liquorice (a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant)

nut bar (paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars)

peanut bar (bar of peanuts in taffy)

popcorn ball (popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls)

Turkish Delight (a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water)

chocolate truffle; truffle (creamy chocolate candy)

taffy (chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy)

sugarplum (any of various small sugary candies)

sugar candy (made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens)

rock; rock candy (hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint))

rock candy (sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string)

praline (cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans)

candy kiss; kiss (any of several bite-sized candies)

jelly bean; jelly egg (sugar-glazed jellied candy)

candy cane (a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes))

butterscotch (a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar)

brittle; toffee; toffy (caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets)

bonbon (a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate)

patty (round flat candy)

brandyball (a British candy flavored with brandy)

hard candy (candy that is brittle)

carob bar (a bar of candy made with carob powder)

candy corn (a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn)

caramel (firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk)

candyfloss; cotton candy; spun sugar (a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature)

horehound (a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant)

mint; mint candy (a candy that is flavored with a mint oil)

honey crisp (a crisp candy made with honey)

gumdrop (a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals)

fudge (soft creamy candy)

fondant (candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste)

dragee (silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes)

dragee (sugar-coated nut or fruit piece)

candy bar (a candy shaped as a bar)

• CANDY (verb)

Meaning:

Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

candy; sugarcoat; glaze

Hypernyms (to "candy" is one way to...):

dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something