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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There are also planets like WASP-193b, which is larger than Jupiter but light and wispy like cotton candy, and inhospitable worlds like WASP-107b, where sandy clouds high in the atmosphere fall like rain onto the surface. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025 Cottagecore cozy wouldn’t be complete without a quilt, and this one from Brooklinen is on par to nestling into a cotton candy cloud. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025 Crispy bacon wrapped in fluffy cotton candy — salty and sweet. Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Wuensche knows of 12 times the cotton candy makers sparked or caught fire. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 2025.

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cotton candy

noun
: a candy made of spun sugar
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