Candy

Noun

 * 1)  Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
 * 2)  A piece of candy.
 * 3)  a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Verb

 * 1)  To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

Adjectives for Candy
silk; atrocious;  hard; lime; delicious; tempting; nutritious.

Verbs for Candy
bribe with―; congeal into―; consume―; decorate―; feast on―; flavor―; hanker for―; immerse―in; inspissate―; proffer―; regale with―; thicken―; ―appeals; ―crystallizes; ―sickens; ―stales; ―vanishes.

Thesaurus
Jell-O, addictive drug, blancmange, cake, comfit, compote, concrete, condense, confection, confectionery, confiture, conserve, crystallize, dangerous drug, dope, drug, dulcify, edulcorate, frosting, gelatin, glaze, granulate, hard drug, hard stuff, honey, icing, jam, jelly, junk, marmalade, meringue, mousse, mull, preserve, saccharify, set, solidify, stuff, sugar, sugar off, sugarcoat, sweet, sweet stuff, sweeten, sweetmeat, sweets, take a set, thicken, tutti-frutti, whipped cream

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"k{ndi/}}

Synonyms

 * confectionery, sweets, lollies , sugar candy
 * sweet, lolly

Derived terms
arm candy; bee candy; candy ass; candy cane; candy floss; candy man; candy stripe; candy striper; cotton candy; ear candy; eye candy; hard candy; like a kid in a candy store; like taking candy from a baby; nose candy; rock candy; sugar candy;

Etymology 2
From खंडी:, from  खण्डन: from root खुड्:.

Alternative forms

 * candee

Synonyms

 * maunee