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dənt; noun
1.
a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
2.
a candy made of this paste.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a thick flavoured paste of sugar and water, used in sweets and icings |
| 2. | a sweet made of this mixture |
| —adj | |
| 3. | (of a colour) soft; pastel |
| [C19: from French, literally: melting, from fondre to melt, from Latin fundere; see | |
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fondant
confection of sugar, syrup, and water, and sometimes milk, cream, or butter, that is cooked and beaten so as to render the sugar crystals imperceptible to the tongue. The candy is characteristically glossy white in colour, velvety in texture, and plastic in consistency.
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Example sentences
End with the chocolate fondant with jalapeño peppers or, if available, the dreamy lemon soufflé.
Make some grey-colored fondant for the base and white for the body.
Fill an oiled border-mould with three layers of melted fondant.
It was handmade from sugar syrup, fondant, and marshmallows.
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