Definizione monolingua

candy

candy (third-person singular simple present candies, present participle candying, simple past and past participle candied)

1. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

candy (countable and uncountable; plural candies)

1. (uncountable, chiefly US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
   • 1991, Brayfield, Celia, The Prince:

     They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.

2. (countable, chiefly US) A piece of candy.
   • 1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder:

Definizione dizionario candy

	caramella
	piece of candy

dolcetto

candire

caramelle

cocaina

confettare

confetto

dolciumi

zucchero candito

Altri significati:

to cook, or coat with sugar or syrup

Food item that is rich in sugar.

(obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

(uncountable, chiefly US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

A food item that is rich in sugar.

(countable, chiefly US) A piece of candy.

unit of mass

An edible, sweet-tasting confection containing sugar.

(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.