fondant
noun
a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
fondants
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pluralof fondant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Unlike the firm fondants that I tried before, the Rococo creams have a softer, almost creamy consistency, and are circles, not ovals.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2015
Stay me with fondants, comfort me with chocolates, for I am.
From Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling
For twelve fondants make a white sauce with two soupspoons of flour and milk.
From The Belgian Cookbook by Various
Leonetta's highly pigmented and sunburnt fingers suddenly ceased their twofold activity with the box of fondants and the pocket-portfolio of secret papers, and held a letter long and steadily before her eyes.
From Too Old for Dolls A Novel by Anthony M. (Anthony Mario) Ludovici
The solemn lady, who might seem such a terror to ill-doers, had yet a packet of the most delicious fondants in the pocket of her bombazine gown.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
