TOFFEE

brittle, toffee, toffy

(noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees)

(uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard

(countable) a small, individual piece of toffee

(Northern England) any kind of sweets; candy

Usage notes

Toffee is similar to taffy, which is a soft candy, but toffee is a hard candy.

Verb

toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed)

(transitive) To coat in toffee.

Anagrams

• tee off

Noun

Toffee (plural Toffees)

(informal, UK, soccer) A fan or member of Everton F.C..

Synonyms

• Toffeeman

Anagrams

• tee off

Source: Wiktionary


Tof"fee, Tof"fy, n.

Definition: Taffy. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.

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