Meaning

2 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)An indefinite but emphatically large number.

  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural only)Tiny balls or strands of multicoloured sugar, sprinkled over ice cream, desserts or party foods.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: hundreds and thousandses

Synonyms

7 synonyms
nonpareilsprinklesjimmiesnonpareilssprecklessugar strands

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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