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Cotton Candy

Definition: Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy

Noun

1. A candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cotton Candy

Synonyms: candyfloss (n), spun sugar (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Cotton Candy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That's the line for cotton candy. (Grounded for Life; writing credit: Jim Geoghan)

There's nothing like cotton candy up your nose at warp 10. (Sabrina the Animated Series; writing credit: Josh Stolberg)

It's like taking your daughter to the fair and buying her cotton candy and winning prizes for her and then you get on the Ferris wheel and she wants to make out. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cotton Candy

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Books

  • Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day (reference)

  • Cotton Candy Quilts: Using Feedsacks, Vintage and Reproduction Fabrics (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Cotton Candy

Photos:
Cotton Candy

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cotton Candy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cotton candy

586

cotton candy machine

335

cotton candy maker

102

cotton candy supply

30

make cotton candy

24

cotton candy sugar

21

home cotton candy maker

7

salton cotton candy maker

6

salton cotton candy machine

5

home cotton candy machine

5

cotton candy machine maker

3

old fashioned cotton candy maker

3

30 second cotton candy maker

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cotton Candy

Language Translations for "cotton candy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

cukrová vata (candied floss, candy floss). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

arum manis. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

綿飴 (fairy floss), 綿"子 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

わたがし, わたあめ (fairy floss). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ottoncay andycay

   

Portuguese

  

algodão doce. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vatã de zahãr (candy floss). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

algodón azucarado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spunnet socker. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pamuk helva. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Cotton Candy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-n-n-o-o-t-t-y"

-4 letters: contact, cooncan, cottony, noonday.

-5 letters: cannot, canton, canyon, cotton, octant, tycoon.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-n-n-o-o-t-t-y"
 

+5 letters: noncontradictory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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