marshmallow
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- noun
- /ˈmɑːrʃˌmɛloʊ/
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malvavisco
- The children enjoyed making marshmallows for their hot chocolate in the winter.
Start with your marshmallow and don't eat it.
- Start with your marshmallow and don't eat it.
- So we have to have two marshmallows and try and do this.
- And they wanted to roast marshmallows on our, our our fire pit.
- Wow, just like one big giant Lucky charm marshmallow right here.
- I put them brown marshmallows on the top.
- And it just glides the moose on like marshmallow fluffy, cloudy goodness.
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Sheena took from her desk drawer a bag of marshmallows she'd been saving and passed some around.
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Singing songs and roasting marshmallows?
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Not a huge marshmallow fan, but thank you.
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Yeah, but now I have a serious marshmallow jones.
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I'm sure your marshmallow will look better than this one.
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I'll let you make me some marshmallow chocolate.
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These green tea marshmallows are six months old.
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So we have to have two marshmallows and try and do this.
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Oh my gosh, this is the best way to make marshmallow toasted.
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For his breakfast, he had chosen to polish off the marshmallows as he worked.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts
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Etymology
Marshmallow comes from the plant mallow that grew in marshes, where marsh means 'wet land'. People once used the plant's soft sap to make a sweet, spongy treat, so today's soft, fluffy candy kept the name and this helps explain why marshmallows are so soft.