candie
candie is the alternative form of candy.
Meaning of candy
Noun (1)
candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies)
- Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
- Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
- They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.1991, Celia Brayfield, The Prince
- A piece of confectionery of this kind.
- Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder
- crack cocaine.
- An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
- candy kid; candy raver
Noun (2)
candy (plural candies)
- A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
- Synonyms:
- maunee
Proper noun capitalized: Candie
Candie
- Obsolete form of Candia
- It groweth plentifully in Candie, Syria, Egypt, and other countries of the east.1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Anise”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, page 880
Forms of candie
| plural | candies |
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Questions about candie
- What is candie the alternative form of?
- Candie is the alternative form of candy.
- What part of speech is candie?
- Candie is a proper noun.
Words near candie in the dictionary
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