Candy

What “Candy” means

Noun

1. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
2. Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
3. A piece of confectionery of this kind.
4. crack cocaine.
5. An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.

Verb

1. To cook in or coat with sugar syrup.
2. To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.
3. To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass.

Noun

1. A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).

From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).

Business name ideas with “Candy”

Industries where “Candy” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Candy Store
• Confectionery and Nut Stores