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rock candy

noun

Definition of rock candy

1 : boiled sugar crystallized in large masses on string
2 : rock entry 3 sense 5a

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 Students also set up stations to make their own rock candy, which would become a sort of graduation present Friday once they were done crystallizing. — Sara Cardine, latimes.com, "Kids slime, splash and cook their way through scientific principles in camp led by LCHS students," 3 July 2018

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First Known Use of rock candy

circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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rock candy

noun

English Language Learners Definition of rock candy

US : hard candy that is made on a string

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