candy apple
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈkændi ˈæpəl/
- US
:
manzana acaramelada
- At the fair, I couldn't resist buying a bright red candy apple covered in shiny caramel.
- sell candy apples
- make candy apples
- candy apple red
Examples
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Candy apples!
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Kids are chomping candy apples.
Fiction book (1990) -
I got a candy apple.
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Would you like a candy apple?
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How do you like these candy apples?
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I lost my first tooth at that carnival, biting into a candy apple.
Academic text (2011) -
I enjoy candy apples.
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Candy apples?
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Tom Flanagan also remembers the delicious candy apples he enjoyed here (there is a theme here with Tom about amusement venues).
Blog text (27) -
Cup-a-Noodle soups, various sizes of bags of potato chips, popcorn, soda, toys, capes, masks, nachos, candy apples.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
4
1.3
An apple covered in caramel and held on a stick as a sweet treat
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3.0
An apple covered in hard sweet sugar on a stick that you eat as a treat
1
2.9
An apple covered in a hard layer of sugar and served on a stick
1
5.8
An apple covered in hard sweet candy on a stick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an apple coated with hard candy' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'candy' (sugary coating) with 'apple' (the fruit); it is a literal noun+noun compound indicating an apple with candy. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'manzana de caramelo', British 'toffee apple'), so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Candy apple comes from the simple picture of an apple dipped in hot, shiny candy and put on a stick at fairs and markets. So the name now means 'an apple coated with a hard, shiny candy shell'.