peanut brittle
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈpiːnʌt ˈbrɪtəl/
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cacahuate quebrado
- After dinner, everyone enjoyed some crunchy peanut brittle for dessert.
- make peanut brittle
It's kind of like peanut brittle, but it's not brittle.
- It's kind of like peanut brittle, but it's not brittle.
- The senators might be in trouble, but at least these Shields made of peanut brittle are safe.
Examples
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She bought some still warm peanut brittle from Djodja, the other attendant.
Fiction book (1995) -
- What could she be making? - Whatever it is... - I'm making peanut brittle.
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And did I mention the peanut brittle?
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Oh, man, that tastes like peanut brittle where we come from.
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Yeah, well, I didn't have to go online, Paul, to know that you love peanut brittle.
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To comfort him, each month Manna mailed him a small bag of peanut brittle.
Fiction book (2000) -
In front of her, I eyed the rows of Life Savers and peanut brittle.
Fiction book (2000) -
One night, Tootie came by in her car and caught me eating fried pork rinds and peanut brittle.
Fiction book (1994) -
And they were working the entire weekend, and we just sat and drank wine and ate peanut brittle, and I shared things with you that I've never shared with anyone.
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We were in the Ting-a-Ling Restaurant, a neighborhood storefront with bells on the door, ivy on the windows, and homemade peanut brittle in a glass case.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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4.2
A thin hard sweet made from melted sugar and nuts
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hard candy containing peanuts' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'peanut' (a nut) with 'brittle' (a hard, easily broken confection). This simple noun–noun compound describes a brittle made with peanuts and follows a common descriptive pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Peanut brittle comes from the two words peanut and brittle. Roasted peanuts are mixed into hot sugar that cools into a thin, hard candy which easily 'breaks' into pieces, so the name simply tells you it is a hard candy with peanuts.