Meanings
nounspun sugar (uncountable)
- uncountableHardened sugar syrup spun into long filaments, usually to then make cotton candy.
Without one of the ordinary inducements which light up the saloon, and cover the supper-table with spun-sugar temples...and in giving parties, she only fulfilled the destiny attached to such possessions.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
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Translations
Italian zucchero filato
- zucchero filatohardened sugar syrup in filaments
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spun sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spun%20sugar
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spun sugar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spun%20sugar.
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