toffee
See also: Toffee
English
Etymology
Alteration of taffy.
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
- a box of toffees
- (Northern England) any kind of sweets; candy
Usage notes
- Toffee is similar to taffy, which is a soft candy, but toffee is a hard candy.
Derived terms
- bonfire toffee
- cinder toffee
- English toffee
- for toffee
- honeycomb toffee
- maple toffee
- sponge toffee
- toffee apple
- toffee-brown
- toffee-colored, toffee-coloured
- toffee hammer
- toffee-nose
- toffee-nosed
- toffee paper
Translations
uncountable: type of confectionery
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See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtofːeː/
- Hyphenation: tof‧fee
Declension
| Inflection of toffee (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | toffee | toffeet | |
| genitive | toffeen | toffeiden toffeitten | |
| partitive | toffeeta | toffeita | |
| illative | toffeeseen | toffeisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | toffee | toffeet | |
| accusative | nom. | toffee | toffeet |
| gen. | toffeen | ||
| genitive | toffeen | toffeiden toffeitten | |
| partitive | toffeeta | toffeita | |
| inessive | toffeessa | toffeissa | |
| elative | toffeesta | toffeista | |
| illative | toffeeseen | toffeisiin toffeihinrare | |
| adessive | toffeella | toffeilla | |
| ablative | toffeelta | toffeilta | |
| allative | toffeelle | toffeille | |
| essive | toffeena | toffeina | |
| translative | toffeeksi | toffeiksi | |
| instructive | — | toffein | |
| abessive | toffeetta | toffeitta | |
| comitative | — | toffeineen | |
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