candy canenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæn.di ˌkeɪn//ˈkæn.di ˌkeɪn/USa piece of flavoured hard candy shaped like a cane (= a walking stick)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sweets
- almond paste
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- boiled sweet
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cotton candy
- dark chocolate
- liquorice
- lollipop
- lolly
- marshmallow
- marzipan
- stick of rock
- sweetie
- sweetmeat
- sweety
- toffee
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Examples from literature
- Across the window, hung from the gas jet by ribbons, was a huge candy cane.
- If you are good I'll bring you a striped candy cane from town.
- Once when I was small they gave me a candy cane for Christmas.
- Sunny Boy had found seven candy canes on his Christmas tree and he had wrapped each one separately.
- You'll see some children who didn't get even a candy cane from Santa Claus.