Hard Candy (Noun)
Meaning
Candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy".
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The old-fashioned hard candy was too hard to bite into, making it a hazard for young children.
- She carefully unwrapped the colorful hard candy and popped it into her mouth to suck on slowly.
- His grandmother always kept a bowl of hard candy on the coffee table, but he avoided it to save his fillings.
- The dentist lectured his patients on the dangers of biting into hard candy without taking proper heed of its brittle nature.
- After eating too much hard candy at the county fair, Sarah's jaw ached from trying to break through the rock-hard sweets.