word-vault/dist/data/cards/ca/candy.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "candy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a box of candy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a candy store"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a candy bar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who wants the last piece of candy?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had enough candies in her pocket for all the children."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "sweet",
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["butterscotch", "chocolate", "licorice"],
                "verb + candy": ["eat", "unwrap", "hand out"],
                "candy + noun": ["wrapper", "bar", "aisle"],
                "phrases": ["like taking candy from a baby"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize how easy it is to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkændi/",
                "audio": "ca/candy/candy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkændi/",
                "audio": "ca/candy/candy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’."
}