Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually)A confectionery made by spinning melted sugar into thin threads collected into a mass.

    Zuckerwatte

    са́харная ва́таsáxarnaja váta

    цукрова ватаcukrova vata

    a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom ate too much cotton candy.

    Том з'їв забагато солодкої вати. — deniko

    ruТом съел слишком много сахарной ваты. — marafon

    deTom hat zu viel Zuckerwatte gegessen. — Trinkschokolade

  2. I bought some cotton candy for Tom.

    ruЯ купил Тому сахарной ваты. — marafon

  3. We ate cotton candy at the state fair.

  4. Someday I'll buy a cotton candy machine.

    ruКогда-нибудь я куплю машину для изготовления сахарной ваты. — marafon

    deEines Tages werde ich eine Zuckerwattemaschine kaufen. — MUIRIEL

  5. Do you like cotton candy?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
spun sugar confectionery:
Русский
By meaning 1
spun sugar confectionery:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
spun sugar confectionery:

Origin

From cotton + candy. First attested in the 1880s. Referring to its appearance to a mass of

From cotton + candy. First attested in the 1880s. Referring to its appearance to a mass of cotton balls.

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Forms

plural: cotton candies

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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