cotton candy

American  

noun

• cotton candies
  plural

1. a fluffy, sweet confection whipped from spun sugar and gathered or wound around a stick or cone-shaped paper core.

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cotton candy British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): candyfloss. Austral name: fairyfloss. a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cotton candies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cotton candy

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

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Example Sentences

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cotton candy

It’s a piece of delicious, fluffy cotton candy, sweet and quick-dissolving.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Never in my life would I imagine cotton candy with pickles,” said Chris Dubois, senior vice president of the fresh food group at Circana, a market research company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

I can see how it might feel like it’s been treated like a ball of cotton candy to give it away.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Last month, as the sky faded to cotton candy pink, Colby spotted nearly a dozen sheep scaling the side of a mountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

They shoveled down five-cent hot dogs at Nathan’s, ate cotton candy, guzzled ice- cold Coca-Colas.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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