- toffee
- noun /ˈtɒfi,ˈtɑfi/a) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
a box of toffees
b) a small, individual piece of toffee
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Toffee — is a confection made by boiling molasses or sugar (creating inverted sugar) along with butter, and occasionally flour. The mixture is heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of 150 160°C (302 ndash;310°F). While being prepared,… … Wikipedia
toffee — [ tɔfe; tɔfi ] n. m. • 1898; mot angl. ♦ Anglic. Bonbon anglais caramélisé. ⇒ caramel. Des toffees. toffee [tɔfi] ou (prononc. francisée) [tɔfe] n. m. ÉTYM. 1898; mot angl., tuffy, toughy et toffee, d orig. dialectale. ❖ ♦ Anglic. Bonbon anglais… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Toffee — Tof fee, Toffy Tof fy, n. Taffy. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toffee — (n.) 1825, tuffy, toughy, southern British dialectal variant of TAFFY (Cf. taffy). Modern spelling first recorded 1862 … Etymology dictionary
toffee — (izg. tȍfi) m DEFINICIJA bombon od pržena šećera i mlijeka; mliječna karamela ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
toffee — (Voz ingl.). m. Caramelo masticable de café con leche … Diccionario de la lengua española
toffee — ► NOUN ▪ a kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter. ORIGIN alteration of TAFFY(Cf. ↑taffy) … English terms dictionary
toffee — or toffy [tôf′ē, täf′ē] n. [later Brit form of TAFFY] a hard, chewy candy made with brown sugar or molasses and butter, often coated with nuts; kind of taffy … English World dictionary
Toffee — Thorntons special toffee. El toffee o tofi[1] es un caramelo cremoso que se hace con caramelo en almíbar y se le añade mantequilla; cuando el color del caramelo es tostado, se cose la mezcla, hasta que quede homogéne … Wikipedia Español
toffee — n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies) 1 a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, made by boiling sugar, butter, etc. 2 Brit. a small piece of this. Phrases and idioms: for toffee sl. (prec. by can t etc.) (denoting… … Useful english dictionary
Toffee — Thorntons special toffee Le toffee est une confiserie fabriquée en faisant bouillir du sucre ou de la mélasse dans du beurre en présence ou non de farine. Le sucre est chauffé jusqu à atteindre une température comprise entre 145 °C et … Wikipédia en Français
