candied
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candied
incrusted with sugar: candied fruit; prepared by cooking in sugar: candied yams; flattering: candied words
Not to be confused with:
candid – frank, ingenuous, outspoken; open and sincere; informal; unposed: a candid snapshot;
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can·died
(kăn′dēd)adj.
Permeated, covered, encrusted, or cooked with sugar: candied sweet potatoes.
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candied
(ˈkændɪd)adj
1. (Cookery) impregnated or encrusted with or as if with sugar or syrup: candied peel.
2. (Cookery) (of sugar, honey, etc) crystallized
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can•died
(ˈkæn did)adj.
1. impregnated or incrusted with sugar: candied ginger.
2. cooked in sugar or syrup: candied yams.
3. honeyed; flattering: candied words.
[1590–1600]
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Adj. | 1. | candied - encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" sugary - containing sugar; "he eats too much sugary food" |
2. | candied - (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar preserved - prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use |
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Translations
مقنّد، مُغَطّى بالسُّكَّر
kandovanýobalený v cukru
kandiserede
sykraîur, sykurhúîaîur
kandizovaný
şekerlenmişşekerli
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
candied
[ˈkændid] adj → confit(e)candied apple (US) → pomme f caraméliséecandied peel n → écorce f d'orange (or de citron) confite
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
candied
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
candied
[ˈkændɪd] adj → candito/acandied peel → scorzette fpl di frutta candita
candied apple (Am) → mela caramellata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
candy
(ˈkӕndi) – plural ˈcandies – noun1. sugar formed into a solid mass by boiling.
2. (American) a sweet or sweets; (a piece of) confectionery. That child eats too much candy; Have a candy!
ˈcandied adjective covered with sugar. candied fruits.
candy floss (American cotton candy) flavoured sugar spun into a fluffy ball on the end of a stick.
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