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Definition of candy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

candy

noun
 
/ˈkændi/
 
/ˈkændi/
 [uncountable, countable]
(plural candies)
(North American English)Idioms
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  1. sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this synonym sweet
    • a box of candy
    • a candy store
    • a candy bar
    • Who wants the last piece of candy?
    • She had enough candies in her pocket for all the children.
    see also arm candy, brain candy, eye candy, hard candy, penny candy, rock candyTopics Fooda2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • butterscotch
    • chocolate
    • licorice
    • …
    verb + candy
    • eat
    • unwrap
    • hand out
    • …
    candy + noun
    • wrapper
    • bar
    • aisle
    • …
    phrases
    • like taking candy from a baby
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’.
Idioms
be like taking candy from a baby
  1. (informal) used to emphasize how easy it is to do something
    • I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.
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Nearby words

alloy
noun
 
 
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