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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name
Pronunciation: /ˈkændi/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kăn'di

Definition 1:
• A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.
Name

Definition 1:
• The Mediterranean island of Crete.
Labels: historical

Definition 2:
• The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island.
Labels: historical

Definition 3:
• A surname.

Definition 4:
• The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.
Labels: historical
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kăn'di

Definition 1:
• A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
Labels: obsolete
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kăn'di

Definition 1:
• Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 2:
• Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A piece of confectionery of this kind.
Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, countable

Definition 4:
• crack cocaine.
Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 5:
• An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
Example: candy kid; candy raver
Labels: uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kăn'di

Definition 1:
• To cook in or coat with sugar syrup.
Labels: cooking, food, lifestyle, transitive

Definition 2:
• To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.
Example: Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 3:
• To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass.
Labels: intransitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/candy