Hershey bar
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- noun
- /ˈhɜrʃi bɑr/
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barra Hershey
- I bought a pack of Hershey bars to share with my friends at the movie theatre.
- get a Hershey bar
- ate a Hershey bar
Just tell me instead of Hershey's bars, I'm gonna use Twix.
- Just tell me instead of Hershey's bars, I'm gonna use Twix.
- I like Cadbury's chocolate, but I never will eat a Hershey bar.
- So I do have Cadbury's, which is quite similar to a Hershey's bar because I love the sugar, sugariness, the mouthfeel.
- I mean, chicks must be on you like ants to a melting Hershey bar.
- Like unlike a Hershey's bar or or Poppy bourbon or a craft beer or like toothpaste or a deodorant, you may love a wine this year.
Examples
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She offered me a Hershey bar as a sweet treat during lunch.
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Earl pulls a box of Hershey bars from under the seat.
Fiction book (1990) -
Uh, you know that Hershey bar you gave me?
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Top Guy 2, I have one Hershey bar to trade.
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Charlie is eating his Hershey bar.
Fiction book (1993) -
I want the Hershey bars, Henry.
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You got any Hershey bars?
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I want some Hershey bars.
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That Hershey bar you gave me was the only meal I had in like three days.
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We would give him giant Hershey bars every holiday.
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Synonyms
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A long solid piece of metal used for support or play
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A sweet made of chocolate or sugar that you eat as a snack
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A solid sweet made from cocoa, shaped like a bar to eat as a snack
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Morphology
This is a straightforward brand+product combination: 'Hershey' (a chocolate manufacturer) + 'bar' (a solid confectionery unit) directly yields 'a chocolate bar made by Hershey.' Such compounds are compositionally transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hershey bar is named after Milton S. Hershey, the man who started the Hershey chocolate company, and bar because it is a long rectangular piece of chocolate. He made an affordable 'milk chocolate' bar for many people, and that is why the name now means this brand of 'milk chocolate'.