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Noun: candy  kan-dee
  1. A rich sweet made of flavoured sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
    - confect, sweet [Brit], lolly [Austral, NZ], sweetie [Brit, informal]
     
  2. [N. Amer] Candy and other sweets considered collectively
    - confectionery
Verb: candy  kan-dee
  1. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
    - sugarcoat, glaze
     
  2. Preserve (fruit etc.) by boiling in sugar

Derived forms: candied, candies, candying

Type of: confection, dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweet, sweeten

Encyclopedia: Candy, John