halvah

Examples

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• At the market, I bought a piece of halvah made from sesame paste and sugar.

• He lived on peanuts, raisins, and halvah, and he spent most of his time riding the subways from one end of the city to the other, changing trains only when he thought a conductor was becoming suspicious of him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "I have to get some halvah."

  Fiction book (1996)

• Villagers also commonly added such pastes to local varieties of halvah, and many eat it with a traditional fruit preservative.

  Academic text (2011)

• It is you who find music, halvah, and telephones, not just one but an entire assortment, and you bring them in boxes wrapped up in string.

  Fiction book (1997)

• My favorite dessert is halvah because it's sweet and has a rich, nutty flavor.

Synonyms

C

caramel

vshalvah

37 1.3

A firm chewy sweet made from cooked sugar and milk

is seed paste mixed with sugar rather than milk and butter candy

B

baklava

vshalvah

8 6.0

A sweet Middle Eastern dessert of thin flaky pastry layers filled with nuts and honey

is paste based sweet rather than layered pastry and syrup

H

halva

vshalvah

1 7.2

A sweet candy made from ground seeds or nuts

is specifically made from sesame paste or nut butter mixed with sugar

L

loukoum

vshalvah

9.3

A soft chewy sweet often flavored and covered in powdered sugar

is seed paste based and not a starch gel candy

H

honey crisp

vshalvah

7.9

A thin hard sweet made with honey that breaks easily

is dense seed paste sweet rather than a light brittle honey candy

How Nutty

peanut brittle

5 3.1

marzipan

9 4.6

halvah

1 7.4

toffee

15 1.9

sugar candy

1 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology