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Meanings of candyfloss in English

Portuguese
algodão doce
Catalan
barba de sucre

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

algodão doce
Synonyms
Examples for "cotton candy"
Examples for "cotton candy"
1
The liquids come in thousands of flavors, from cotton candy to pizza.
Reuters
2
Nancy followed it all up with a huge stick of cotton candy.
The promise
3
The girls' apartment smelled like cotton candy and latex and silicone-friendly cleanser.
iD
4
The sky was milky blue with cumulus clouds like white cotton candy.
Micah & Strange Candy
5
In case you missed it, cotton candy shades are really in this year.
News.com.au
1
They were in a boudoir now, all pink fluff and spun sugar.
Second Foundation
2
He wants to touch her fragile blond hair, brittle like spun sugar.
Chosen: a novel
3
For the sweet, each guest was served a skull of spun sugar.
A Dance with Dragons
4
It's a cake, a chocolate cake, with a ribbon of spun sugar that reads
Once upon a time in America
5
The clouds were streaked across the sky like spun sugar.
Before I fall
Usage of candyfloss in English
1
Aged 10 he sold candyfloss to help his family make ends meet.
The Guardian
2
If candyfloss could be set to music, this is what you'd get.
The Guardian
3
Forget the hit tunes which sound like candyfloss and the formulaic videos.
The Irish Times
4
She swatted at one hovering too close, its hair floating like candyfloss.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
5
It's a fairy-tale world of crystal-tipped forests, gleaming ice and candyfloss-pink polar skies.
The Daily Telegraph
6
It was a candyfloss controversy: mouthwatering, but fuzzy and insubstantial.
The Guardian
7
Later, he rubs candyfloss between his hands, shrinking the goo to a sticky nothing.
The Guardian
8
I suspect the archives were just destroyed and all this conspiracy stuff is candyfloss.
The marks of cain
9
They walked in silence for a while, dutifully munching candyfloss.
Perdido Street Station
10
A blinding light-tube glared hotly overhead, white candyfloss clouds trailed slowly through the air.
The Reality Dysfunction
11
To this he added candyfloss feathers by the bucketload.
The Irish Times
12
Don't they look just like floating pieces of candyfloss?
The Irish Times
13
But even I can recognise cherry blossom trees when they are white and pink as candyfloss.
Broken Homes
14
Here the people sparkle in high-school-sweetheart outfits, and an army of Hello Kitties rampage through candyfloss covered stores.
The South African
15
TS Spivet is a winsome, candyfloss fantasy about a pint-sized genius who hops a freight train through America.
The Guardian
16
It never tried to sound like it was made in Los Angeles or in some Scandipop candyfloss sweatshop.
The Irish Times
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