spun sugar

American  

noun

1. a confection resembling fluff or floss, made from hot boiled sugar that has threaded, used as a garnish, frosting, or in making cotton candy.

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spun sugar British  

noun

1. another term for candyfloss

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Example Sentences

The sheep’s milk cheesecake had come ensconced in a cloche made of spun sugar, a special touch the restaurant included as part of the birthday treat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

But look closer, and you might marvel that these floral arrangements, as spindly as spun sugar, are fashioned from glass.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

The menu does not mention these aren’t pork cracklins but fried chicken skin: six pieces, each the size of a Frito, but as flat and fragile as spun sugar.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2019

Chenoweth is all spun sugar and sunshine, an approach she’s perfected over a long career.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018

A barn was suddenly made of gingerbread and spun sugar.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill