"toffee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɒfi/ [UK], /ˈtɔfi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toffee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: toffees [plural]
enPR: täʹfē [US] Rhymes: -ɒfi Etymology: Alteration of taffy. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees)
  1. (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. Tags: uncountable Translations (uncountable: type of confectionery): karamele me gjalpë (Albanian), sheqerkë [feminine] (Albanian), توفي (tōfi, tūfi) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), iris (Azerbaijani), টফি (ṭophi) [feminine] (Bengali), карамел (karamel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), лакта (lakta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 奶糖 (nǎi táng) (Chinese Mandarin), 乳脂軟糖 (Chinese Mandarin), 乳脂软糖 (rǔzhī ruǎntáng) (Chinese Mandarin), karamela [feminine] (Czech), flødekaramel [common-gender] (Danish), toffee [masculine] (Dutch), toffee (Finnish), caramel (French), Toffee [masculine] (German), Karamelle [feminine] (German), ટોફી (ṭophī) [feminine] (Gujarati), टॉफ़ी (ṭŏfī) [feminine] (Hindi), टॉफी (ṭŏphī) [feminine] (Hindi), taifí [masculine] (Irish), caramella mou [feminine] (Italian), タフィー (tafī) (Japanese), ファッジ (fajji) (Japanese), ಟಾಫೀ (ṭāphī) (Kannada), gula-gula (Malay), towhi (Maori), tawhe (Maori), tawhi (Maori), karamell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), karamell [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تافی (tâfi) (Persian), toffi [neuter] (Polish), caramelo [masculine] (Portuguese), caramelă [feminine] (Romanian), ири́с (irís) [masculine] (Russian), karamela [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), caramelo [masculine] (Spanish), kola [common-gender] (Swedish), gräddkola (Swedish), topi (Tagalog), மூலம் வரும் இனிப்பு வகை (mūlam varum iṉippu vakai) (Tamil), చేసిన మిఠాయి (cēsina miṭhāyi) (Telugu), ทอฟฟี (tɔ́p-fîi) (Thai), şekerleme (Turkish), іри́с (irýs) [masculine] (Ukrainian), iris qand (Uzbek), kẹo bơ cứng (Vietnamese), cyflaith [masculine] (Welsh), taffi [masculine] (Welsh), toffi [masculine] (Welsh), איריס (iris) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-toffee-en-noun-gti9eJVF Disambiguation of 'uncountable: type of confectionery': 61 2 37
  2. (countable) A small, individual piece of toffee. Tags: countable Translations (countable: individual piece of toffee): flødekaramel [common-gender] (Danish), toffee (Finnish), caramel (French), टॉफ़ी (ṭŏfī) [feminine] (Hindi), टॉफी (ṭŏphī) [feminine] (Hindi), karamell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), karamell [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ири́ска (iríska) [feminine] (Russian), kola (Swedish), karamell (Swedish), ทอฟฟี (tɔ́p-fîi) (Thai), איריסקע (iriske) (Yiddish), איריס (iris) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-toffee-en-noun-sFTmtuRU Disambiguation of 'countable: individual piece of toffee': 3 88 10
  3. (Northern England) Any kind of sweets; candy. Tags: Northern-England, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sweets
    Sense id: en-toffee-en-noun-1tml80s4 Disambiguation of Sweets: 27 3 68 2 Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 58 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 8 61 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: taffy, toffy Related terms: butterscotch, caramel, fudge
Derived forms: bonfire toffee, cinder toffee, English toffee, for toffee, honeycomb toffee, maple toffee, sponge toffee, sticky toffee pudding, toffee apple, toffee-brown, toffee-colored, toffee-coloured, toffee hammer, toffee-nose, toffee-nosed, toffee paper, toffee penny

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɒfi/ [UK], /ˈtɔfi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toffee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: toffees [present, singular, third-person], toffeeing [participle, present], toffeed [participle, past], toffeed [past]
enPR: täʹfē [US] Rhymes: -ɒfi Etymology: Alteration of taffy. Head templates: {{en-verb}} toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed)
  1. (transitive) To coat in toffee. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-toffee-en-verb-dtxCVV5D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: taffy, toffy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "cinder toffee"
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      "word": "for toffee"
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    {
      "word": "maple toffee"
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      "word": "sponge toffee"
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    {
      "word": "sticky toffee pudding"
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      "word": "toffee apple"
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      "word": "toffee-brown"
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      "word": "toffee hammer"
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      "word": "toffee-nosed"
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      "code": "sq",
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        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "টফি"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "gu",
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      "code": "hi",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "sh",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "ta",
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      "roman": "mūlam varum iṉippu vakai",
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "cēsina miṭhāyi",
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      "code": "th",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
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      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
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      "code": "uz",
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      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
      "word": "kẹo bơ cứng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyflaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taffi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toffi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "iris",
      "sense": "uncountable: type of confectionery",
      "word": "איריס"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flødekaramel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "toffee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "caramel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭŏfī",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "टॉफ़ी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭŏphī",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "टॉफी"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karamell"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karamell"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iríska",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ири́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "kola"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "karamell"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɔ́p-fîi",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "ทอฟฟี"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "iriske",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "איריסקע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "iris",
      "sense": "countable: individual piece of toffee",
      "word": "איריס"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "toffee"
  ],
  "word": "toffee"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
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    "en:Sweets"
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      "form": "toffees",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "toffeed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1971, The Economist - Volume 239, page 74",
          "text": "The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Elizabeth Lowry, The Bellini Madonna",
          "text": "But all the eating up of shoo-fly pie, and the cooking up of gauzy cumuli of pink candy, and the toffeeing of crab apples, couldn't hide the fact that we were winter-bound.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Tony Weston, Making a Name, page 93",
          "text": "The fire had claimed three of Mr. Barry's barns and the wine presses and the oak fermentation vessels were blackened and sprung, the wine-sugars toffeeing the floor.",
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        }
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        "To coat in toffee."
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          "coat"
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        "(transitive) To coat in toffee."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɒfi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔfi/",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "täʹfē",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "word": "taffy"
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      "word": "toffy"
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