toffee Definition
tof·fee (tôf′ē, täf′-)
noun
a hard, chewy candy made with brown sugar or molasses and butter, often coated with nuts; kind of taffy
Etymology: later Brit form of taffy
toffee Usage Examples
Converse of object
- chew: Pull faces in the loo mirror, have a big yawn or chew a pretend toffee.
- make: Perhaps someone has the skill to make toffee - always a good seller.
Adjective modifier
- creamy: Was a creamy toffee in a blue a white colored wrapper I believe it was made by " Milady " sweets.
- sticky: Fran's suggestions are steak and mushroom pie and Banoffi pie, sticky toffee and banana pudding, not everybody's cup of tea.
- soft: The initial nose is of peaches, soft toffee, ozone and dusty barns.
- dark: The other tradition is bonfire toffee, dark, sweet, treacle toffee with just a slightly burnt taste.
- sweet: The other tradition is bonfire toffee, dark, sweet, treacle toffee with just a slightly burnt taste.
- hard: Her aniseed balls were 40 for 1d. , 12 hard toffees or 20 soft toffees for Id.
Modifies a noun
- pudding: Never mind, the sticky toffee pudding was great, I'm sure Delia would have approved.
- apple: A family of worms stuck on a toffee apple.
- vodka: To all of you who made me feel very welcome during my stay see you soon. snort a toffee vodka for me.
- sauce: Serve with the toffee sauce poured over, ideally with a scoop of caramel ice cream.
- hammer: This sweet little metal toffee hammer dates to circa 1938.
- flavor: The caramel toffee flavors were greatly appreciated by the assembled company.
Noun used with modifier
- ellactiva: The good news is that each ellactiva toffee contains only 25 calories.
- treacle: We had the Guy Fawkes to put on the top and roast potatoes and treacle toffee and things all sorts of things.
- cinder: Well, here's one answer: Cinder toffee.
- caramel: The caramel toffee flavors were greatly appreciated by the assembled company.
- calcium: In light of this, ellactiva calcium toffees are suitable for a gluten free diet.
- butter: Fill your pancake with sliced banana and the butter toffee sauce.
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