crystallized fruit
noun
Simple meaning
Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kristuhlyzdfrootSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹɪstəlaɪzdfˈɹut
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
Used this way, crystallized fruit is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Cooking/food
- Everyday conversation
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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