HARD CANDY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard candy mean? 

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

1. candy that is brittle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD CANDY (noun)

Meaning:

Candy that is brittle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

you can break a tooth on that hard candy

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

candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)

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

barley candy; barley-sugar (a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar)

jawbreaker (a large round hard candy)

lemon drop (a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon)

sourball (round piece of tart hard candy)