toffee
Toffee (noun) means a chewy sweet made by boiling sugar and butter (or milk) until it hardens on cooling. Example: “Grandma always made toffee at Christmas.”
How to use toffee
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA hard, chewy sugar-and-butter sweet; in British football slang, also a nickname for Everton fans.
Word forms
toffeed past tense, toffees plural, Toffees plural, toffees singular
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Grandma always made _____ at Christmas.
Etymology
An altered form of the word "taffy."
Synonyms
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Rhymes for toffee
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What does “toffee” mean?
The word “toffee” means a chewy sweet made by boiling sugar and butter (or milk) until it hardens on cooling. In plain terms, a hard, chewy sugar-and-butter sweet; in British football slang, also a nickname for Everton fans.
How do you pronounce “toffee”?
“Toffee” is pronounced TO-fee (/ˈtɔfi/ in IPA).
How do you use “toffee” in a sentence?
Here is “toffee” used in a sentence: “Grandma always made toffee at Christmas.”
What part of speech is “toffee”?
“Toffee” is a noun.
How many meanings does “toffee” have?
“Toffee” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a chewy sweet made by boiling sugar and butter (or milk) until it hardens on cooling.