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doce — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • candy noun Sweet confectionery made mainly from sugar, often flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
  • fresh adjective Newly made, picked, or obtained; not old or stale.
  • jelly noun A soft, semi-solid food made by setting fruit juice or another liquid with gelatin or pectin, often spread on bread or eaten as a dessert.
  • sugar noun A sweet crystalline substance, usually made from sugar cane or sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.
  • sweet adj Having the taste of sugar; not sour, salty, or bitter.

Senses

doce is used for these senses in English:

  • candy (countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
  • fresh (of water) Without salt; not saline.
  • jelly (Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
  • jelly (chiefly, North America) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
  • jelly A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
  • sugar (countable) A term of endearment.
  • sweet (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
  • sweet Of a pleasant sound.

candy — full definition

  1. noun Sweet confectionery made mainly from sugar, often flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
  2. verb To coat or cook something in sugar syrup until it hardens.
  3. noun Slang for crack cocaine.

fresh — full definition

  1. adjective Newly made, picked, or obtained; not old or stale.
  2. adjective Not preserved by freezing, drying, or canning.
  3. adjective Rested and full of energy; not tired.
  4. adjective Cool and invigorating, especially air or weather.
  5. adjective Informal: rude, cheeky, or overly forward, especially in a flirtatious way.

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