"hard candy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hard candies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hard candy (countable and uncountable, plural hard candies)
  1. (US) A candy prepared from one or more syrups boiled to a temperature of 160°C (320°F), thereafter becoming stiff and brittle at room temperature. Wikipedia link: hard candy Tags: US, countable, uncountable Synonyms: boiled sweet [British] Translations (candy prepared from one or more syrups): مُلَبَّسَة (mulabbasa) [feminine] (Arabic), 硬糖 (yìngtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), bolsje [neuter] (Danish), kova makeinen (Finnish), kova karkki [colloquial] (Finnish), Zuckerstein [masculine] (German), Bonbon [neuter] (German), landrynka [feminine] (Polish), cukierek [masculine] (Polish), ледене́ц (ledenéc) [masculine] (Russian), монпансье́ (monpansʹjé) [neuter] (Russian), бо̀мбо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bòmbōn [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), caramelo [masculine] (Spanish), caluga [Chile, feminine] (Spanish), цуке́рка (cukérka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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