fondant
(noun) candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)
(usually, uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
(countable) A candy filled with such a preparation.
(food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.
(usually, uncountable) Fondue.
(usually, uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
fondant (not comparable)
(heraldry) Stooping, as for prey: said of an eagle, a falcon, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Fon"dant (fon"dant; Fr. fôN`däN"), n. [F., lit., melting, p. pr. of fondre to melt, L. fundere. See Found to cast.]
Definition: A kind of soft sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
