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candyfloss

UK/ˈkæn.di ˌflɒs/
nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,652 of 15,258leans spoken

Candyfloss is spun sugar sold on a stick at fairgrounds. A stick of candyfloss, pink candyfloss, sticky with candyfloss.

The machine melts sugar and flings it through tiny holes, where it sets into threads finer than hair. Americans call it cotton candy and Australians call it fairy floss, which is the same thing three ways.

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Definitions of candyfloss

  1. 1nouncandyflossSpun sugar sold on a stick.B1+

    “He came back from the fair with candyfloss all down his coat.”

candyfloss is a sweet.

Also accepted in games: cotton candy

Where it comes from

candy floss comes from candy + floss.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Circus & Fairground

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candyfloss in the wild

  • Cotton candy, also known as candy floss (candyfloss) and fairy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton.

    Cotton candy

  • Another architect, Richard Rogers, described it as "romantic candyfloss", and Viscount Linley, a grandson of the Queen Mother's, was reported as saying that he "absolutely loathed" the work.

    Queen Elizabeth Gate

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.