toffee

Plural: toffees

Noun

• A hard, chewy candy made from butter and sugar.
• caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
• A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
• A small, individual piece of toffee.
• Any kind of sweets; candy.

Verb

• To coat in toffee.

Examples

• His opponent’s score was so sweet, it was like a massive block of toffee.

Synonyms

brittle, toffy

Related Words

butterscotch, caramel, fudge