Dictionary

toffee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɑfi/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
• /-fi/ (Scotland)
• /-fɪ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈtɒfi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɔfe/ (Scotland)
• täʹfē (US)
• /ˈtɔfi/ (US)

Etymology

An alteration of taffy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
2. (countable) A small, individual piece of toffee.
   • The tin is 6½ in. high and 4 in. in diameter, and has a domed snap-on lid with knob; it will hold 1 lb. of toffees. 1960 June 14, “A Railway Toffee Tin”, in Railway Magazine, page 398:
3. (Northern-England, countable, uncountable) Any kind of sweets; candy.
4. (UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish.
   • What a load of old toffee!

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Deriveds

toffee apple · toffee-nose · toffee paper · banoffee pie · banoffee · toffeelike · sticky toffee pudding · toffee-brown · for toffee · cinder toffee · Toffeeman · toffee-nosed · toffee-colored · bonfire toffee · toffee penny · sponge toffee · maple toffee · toffeeish · honeycomb toffee · easy as toffee · toffee hammer · English toffee · toffee-coloured

Descendants

拖肥

Relateds

caramel · fudge · butterscotch

Translations (67)

da flødekaramel (uncountable: type of confectionery) · gu ટોફી (uncountable: type of confectionery) · nn karamell (countable: individual piece of toffee) · nn karamell (uncountable: type of confectionery) · fr caramel (countable: individual piece of toffee) · sv kola (countable: individual piece of toffee) · da flødekaramel (countable: individual piece of toffee) · ta மூலம் வரும் இனிப்பு வகை (uncountable: type of confectionery) · th ทอฟฟี (countable: individual piece of toffee) · cmn 奶糖 (uncountable: type of confectionery) · bn টফি (uncountable: type of confectionery) · tl topi (uncountable: type of confectionery) · mi tawhi (uncountable: type of confectionery) · hi टॉफी (uncountable: type of confectionery) · cy taffi (uncountable: type of confectionery) · cs karamela (uncountable: type of confectionery) · hi टॉफ़ी (countable: individual piece of toffee) · kn ಟಾಫೀ (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ru ири́с (uncountable: type of confectionery) · sv kola (uncountable: type of confectionery) · cy toffi (uncountable: type of confectionery) · fr caramel (uncountable: type of confectionery) · uk іри́с (uncountable: type of confectionery) · hi टॉफी (countable: individual piece of toffee) · vi kẹo bơ cứng (uncountable: type of confectionery) · hi टॉफ़ी (uncountable: type of confectionery) · yi איריסקע (countable: individual piece of toffee) · nb karamell (uncountable: type of confectionery) · de Toffee (uncountable: type of confectionery) · mi tawhe (uncountable: type of confectionery) · az iris (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ga taifí (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ru ири́ска (countable: individual piece of toffee) · sh karamela (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ja タフィー (uncountable: type of confectionery) · de Karamelle (uncountable: type of confectionery) · sq karamele me gjalpë (uncountable: type of confectionery) · yi איריס (countable: individual piece of toffee) · sv gräddkola (uncountable: type of confectionery) · fi toffee (uncountable: type of confectionery) · sq sheqerkë (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ja ファッジ (uncountable: type of confectionery) · bg бонбон лакта (countable: individual piece of toffee) · fi toffee (countable: individual piece of toffee) · uz iris qand (uncountable: type of confectionery) · cmn 乳脂軟糖 /乳脂软糖 (uncountable: type of confectionery) · acw توفي (uncountable: type of confectionery) · mr टॉफी (countable: individual piece of toffee) · nb karamell (countable: individual piece of toffee) · pt caramelo (uncountable: type of confectionery) · es caramelo (uncountable: type of confectionery) · te చేసిన మిఠాయి (uncountable: type of confectionery) · tr şekerleme (uncountable: type of confectionery) · mi towhi (uncountable: type of confectionery) · it caramella mou (uncountable: type of confectionery) · yi איריס (uncountable: type of confectionery) · nl toffee (uncountable: type of confectionery) · pl toffi (uncountable: type of confectionery) · th ทอฟฟี (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ms gula-gula (uncountable: type of confectionery) · ro caramelă (uncountable: type of confectionery) · sv karamell (countable: individual piece of toffee) · fa تافی (uncountable: type of confectionery) · bg лакта (uncountable: type of confectionery) · cy cyflaith (uncountable: type of confectionery) · bg карамел лакта (uncountable: type of confectionery) · mr टॉफी (uncountable: type of confectionery)

toffee en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɑfi/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
• /-fi/ (Scotland)
• /-fɪ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈtɒfi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɔfe/ (Scotland)
• täʹfē (US)
• /ˈtɔfi/ (US)

Etymology

An alteration of taffy.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To coat in toffee.
   • The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle. 1971, The Economist - Volume 239, page 74:
   • The fire had claimed three of Mr. Barry's barns and the wine presses and the oak fermentation vessels were blackened and sprung, the wine-sugars toffeeing the floor. 2015, Tony Weston, Making a Name, page 93:
   • But all the eating up of shoo-fly pie, and the cooking up of gauzy cumuli of pink candy, and the toffeeing of crab apples, couldn't hide the fact that we were winter-bound. 2012, Elizabeth Lowry, The Bellini Madonna:

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