hard candy meaning

Definition of hard candy

1. candy that is brittle
   • you can break a tooth on that hard candy

   Type of: candy

   Kinds: barley-sugar, jawbreaker, lemon drop, sourball

hard candy in a sentence

• The hard candy in this bowl is dusty.
• Grandma's hard candy was always stuck together in a bowl and tasted like dust.
• I haven't ever eaten kumquat as a fruit, but I often buy it as a hard candy flavour.

How to pronounce hard candy

hard candy is pronounced /hɑːd ˈkændi/ in British English and /hɑrd ˈkændi/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.