toffee
/ˈtɔfi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The tin is 6½ in. high and 4 in. in diameter, and has a domed snap-on lid with knob; it will hold 1 lb. of toffees."
- "What a load of old toffee!"
- "The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle."
- "But all the eating up of shoo-fly pie, and the cooking up of gauzy cumuli of pink candy, and the toffeeing of crab apples, couldn't hide the fact that we were winter-bound."
- "The fire had claimed three of Mr. Barry's barns and the wine presses and the oak fermentation vessels were blackened and sprung, the wine-sugars toffeeing the floor."
Etymology
An alteration of taffy.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɔfi/
- British English: /ˈtɒfi/