Meaning & use
truffle candy
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Meaning
nouncountable
a soft, rich chocolate sweet, often round and covered with cocoa powder or chocolate
Grammar: Countable: one truffle candy, two truffle candies. Also called a 'chocolate truffle'.
Patterns
- a box of truffle candies
- chocolate truffle candy
She gave him a box of truffle candies for Valentine's Day.
The truffle candy melted in my hand before I could eat it.
This shop makes truffle candies with dark chocolate and cream.
Word forms
| plural | truffle candies |
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Common combinations
- chocolate truffle candy
- I bought some chocolate truffle candy at the airport.
- a box of truffle candies
- He gave her a box of truffle candies.
- homemade truffle candy
- The homemade truffle candy was rich and sweet.
Synonyms and how they differ
- chocolate truffle
- This is the more common name for the same candy; 'truffle candy' is used when you want to make clear it is candy, not a mushroom.
Commonly confused: truffle candy or truffle (mushroom)?
truffle candy vs truffle (mushroom)
A truffle can also be a rare and expensive fungus that grows underground. In a candy shop, it means the chocolate sweet.
Practice
For dessert, they served small chocolate ___ filled with cream.
Choose one answer.
The sentence needs a plural countable noun after 'small chocolate': 'truffle candies'. 'Truffle candy' is singular and would need 'a' or 'the'; 'truffles candy' is wrong word order; 'truffle candy's' is a possessive, not a plural.
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