candies

Meaning of candies

plural noun
  1. sweets; confectionery.
    people sat eating popcorn and candy
    a candy bar
    pink and yellow candies
verb, 3rd person present
  1. preserve (fruit, nuts, etc.) by coating and saturating it with a sugar syrup.
    I candied the walnuts with maple syrup

mid 17th century (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’.

Information about candies

  • The singular form of candies is: candy.
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Hyphenation of candies

can-dies

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • candies is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

candies synonyms

Meaning sweets and chocolates considered collectively:

confectionery

Meaning a piece of confectionery; a sweet:

bonbons

Meaning a small shaped piece of sweet food made with sugar:

sweets

Meaning a sweet:

sweeties

Meaning an item of confectionery or sweet food:

sweetmeats

Anagrams of candies

Andesic, incased

Words that rhyme with candies

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