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edible, sweet-tasting confection containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts or artificial flavours; a piece of candy (UK: sweets, confectionery) (eye candy) (derog.) someone who is physically attractive (See also arm candy.) canfield (n.) a patience (solitaire) card game (US: Klondike)
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
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Here, we explain the different types of chocolate—including chocolate in bar form versus cocoa nibs and cocoa powder. Find out the difference between milk and dark chocolate , or maybe even get ...
The word "dessert" originated from the French word desservir "to clear the table" and the negative of the Latin word servire. [2] There are a wide variety of desserts in western cultures , including cakes , cookies , biscuits , gelatins , pastries , ice creams , pies , puddings , and candies .
Their origin is uncertain, but they may have evolved out of the pharmaceutical use of sugar, as they were a miniature version of comfits. [2] The French name has been interpreted to mean they were "without equal" for intricate decoration of cakes, desserts, and other sweets, and for the elaborate pièces montées constructed as table ornaments.
Chocolate is perceived to be different things at different times, including a sweet treat, a luxury product, a consumer good and a mood enhancer. [166] Its reputation as a mood enhancer is driven in part by marketing. [167] Chocolate is a popular metaphor for the black racial category, [168] and has connotations of sexuality. [169]