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sugared almond noun[ C ] UKuk /ˌʃʊɡ.əd ˈɑː.mənd/ us /ˌʃʊɡ.ɚd ˈɑːl.mənd/(USJordan almond) a sweet made of an almond(= a type of nut) inside a smooth, hard sugar shell: 彩色糖衣杏仁 Each wedding guest got a few sugared almonds in a satin box tied with a ribbon. As presents, you could make little gift boxes and fill them with sugared almonds. A man on the street was selling little packets of sugared almonds. Chocolate, sugared almonds and assorted presents were strewn all over the table. The Christmas cracker developed from the French bon-bon, a sugared almond wrapped in a twist of tissue paper. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Sweets almond paste baking chocolate barley sugar bitter chocolate bittersweet chocolate confectioner confectionery cooking chocolate cotton candy couverture licorice liquorice lollipop lolly marchpane sherbet snow cone sourball spun sugar stick of rock |