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peanut bar

peanut bar

2.5
A sweet snack made from peanuts and syrup, shaped like a bar
  • noun
  • /ˈpiːnʌt bɑːr/
translation icon : barrita de maní
  • After lunch, I enjoyed a peanut bar as a sweet treat.

Examples

  • I bought a delicious peanut bar at the local candy shop.

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  • She wrapped a peanut bar in a napkin for a snack later.

Synonyms

candy bar
vspeanut bar
  • US
71 1.0

A sweet made of chocolate or sugar that you eat as a snack

is specifically made from one legume held with syrup rather than chocolate
nut bar
vspeanut bar
1 2.5

A sweet snack of nuts and sugar on a thin baked base cut into bars

is made from one kind of legume stuck together with syrup or taffy

How Chewy

peanut bar
2.5

Surface Forms

peanut bar singular
peanut bars plural

Morphology

peanut + bar

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'peanut' + 'bar' — a bar-shaped food item made from or containing peanuts. The use of 'bar' to denote a rectangular confection (as in chocolate bar, granola bar) is common and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the meaning.

Etymology

The name peanut bar comes from the simple idea of mixing peanut pieces with a sticky sweet and pressing them into a bar shape for an easy snack. That's why the name means 'a sweet made of peanuts in a bar form'.