cotton candy

noun

1
: a candy made of spun sugar
2
: something attractive but insubstantial

Examples of cotton candy in a Sentence

the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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The family was surrounded by pink camping tents, plush star and flower pillows, multi-colored balloons, and a cotton candy machine. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 21 May 2025 There’s even a gluten-free cotton candy cookie that looks like a Bi Pride flag. Nico Lang, Them., 21 Apr. 2025 What might look like sparkling wisps of candy floss, or cotton candy, are dusty gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 13 May 2025 Apparently the director doesn’t mind the cotton candy smoke wafting up from a supposedly dead body. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cotton candy

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cotton candy was in 1926

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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20candy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

cotton candy

noun
: a candy made of spun sugar
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