candy

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈkændi/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

A piece of confectionery of this kind.

3 Definition

(slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.

4 Definition

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

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

2 Definition

To have sugar crystals form in or on.

Example Sentences
  • Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
3 Definition

To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.