Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of candy floss.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly
cotton candy .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
Examples
“Though it does soundtrack a sad scene for lovely Kurt, it was one of the world's most sickly songs in the first place, and the Glee treatment turns it so sugary it makes candyfloss taste like salt and vinegar crisps.”
The Guardian: Glee is back but which song will be the new Don't Stop Believing?
“Designed like a fairground complete with candyfloss machines and ice-cream carts, it is well worth the wait for a reservation if you missed eating at the mother ship.”
The Guardian: 10 of the best restaurants for new Catalan cuisine
“If I was gagging for a sugar rush and the taste of candyfloss I'd head to the fairground.”
The Guardian: Sainsbury's launches candyfloss-flavoured grapes
“Perhaps some other marketing pointy-head is working in a lab on grape-flavoured candyfloss?”
The Guardian: Sainsbury's launches candyfloss-flavoured grapes
“Stemming from a Lambrusco variety grown in California, Sainsbury's says it has a distinctive but extremely sweet flavour and yet a surprising taste of candyfloss.”
The Guardian: Sainsbury's launches candyfloss-flavoured grapes
“The HSE then quietly and politely explains on their website that no, they are not banning Pin the Tail on the Donkey, or conkers, or candyfloss, or flip flops, or pancake races.”
The Huffington Post: Johann Hari: Workers Will Die Without Health and Safety Inspections
“Here, the nostalgic and the brashly new constantly collide, yet there will always be plastic bowler hats and candyfloss on sale as well as somewhere to have your fortune told.”
The Guardian: Mass Photography: Blackpool Through the Camera – review
“There's barely a political poster up along the coast among the Ferris wheels and roller coasters, the hot dog stands and seafront shops selling Blackpool rock, candyfloss and ice cream.”
The Wall Street Journal: After Scandal and Recession, British Voters Wary but Engaged
“Among his verbal felicities this year, delivered in the purest Geordie: ‘Taylor is more intense than a Bedouin tribe’, and ‘playing Taylor is like trying to eat candyfloss in a wind-tunnel’.”
“We still managed to find dead crabs and candyfloss.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘candyfloss’.
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confectionary
lollies sweets
caramel gets 48 hits
chocolate gets 112 hits
nonpareil 83 hitstaffy, alcorza, chew, chocolate, confectionary, lolly, sweets, blackball, bonbon, brickle, bubblegum, cachou and 137 more...
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Spinning
This list is basically an excuse for me to list the word wool four times in a row.
wool, spin, spinning, cotton, scribble, scribbler, scribbling, spindle whorl, spindlewhorl, card, card-clothing, carding-machine and 68 more...
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hasty amateur manufacture
fudging it
wangle, fudge, parry, hedge, merganser, coddle, sidestep, duck, dodge, unworkmanlike pra..., botch, bungle and 13 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (C)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
cacophony, cad, cajole, calamity, camomile, camphor, candlemas, candy apple, canopy, canticle, caparison, caravan and 304 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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words
technicolor, amelia, starshine, saucerlike, mermaid, hummingbird, ophelia, fontanelle, lilith, magdalene, tangerine, glamorama and 34 more...
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candy
mint, bonbon, taffy, sweets, sugarcoat, dragee, fudge, candyfloss, sugarplum, truffle, fondant, comfit and 30 more...
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bluetangle's list
I like words.
leucomelanous, encephalopathy, logical positivism, discursive, wysiwyg, indecision, interlocutor, go-go, googlewhack, effervescent, tizzy, rebarbative and 4 more...
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