toffee

== English == === Alternative forms === taffy (see usage notes) toffy === Etymology === An alteration of taffy. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒfi/ (US) enPR: täʹfē, IPA(key): /ˈtɔfi/ Rhymes: -ɒfi === Noun === toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees) (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. (countable) A small, individual piece of toffee. (Northern England) Any kind of sweets; candy. ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike taffy, which is a soft candy, toffee is a hard candy. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 拖肥 (to1 fei4-2) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== butterscotch caramel fudge === Verb === toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed) (transitive) To coat in toffee. === Anagrams === tee off == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toffee. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtofːeː/, [ˈt̪o̞fːe̞ː] IPA(key): /ˈtofːiː/, [ˈt̪o̞fːiː] Rhymes: -ofːeː Syllabification(key): tof‧fee Hyphenation(key): tof‧fee === Noun === toffee toffee ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== kinuski fudge === Further reading === “toffee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023