Definition of Fondant

1. Noun. Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste.

Generic synonyms: Candy, Confect

Definition of Fondant

1. n. A kind of soft sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.

Definition of Fondant

1. Noun. A flavored sugar preparation, used for icing cakes. ¹

2. Noun. Dark chocolate. ¹

3. Noun. A croquette. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fondant

1. a soft, creamy candy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fondant

fomenters
fomenting
foments
fomepizole
fomes
fomite
fomites
fomivirsen
fon
fonazine mesylate
fond
fond(p)
fond regard
fondaco
fondacos
fondant (current term)
fondants
fondas
fondation jean dausset-ceph
fonded
fonder
fondest
fonding
fondle
fondleable
fondled
fondler
fondlers
fondles
fondling

Literary usage of Fondant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"Scrape fondant with chopping knife to one end of marble, and work with a wooden ... Always make fondant on a clear day, as a damp, heavy atmosphere has an ..."

2. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"There are two popular ways of making fondant; but as both produce, practically, the same results, which shall be used is a matter of choice. ..."

3. The Rumford Complete Cookbook by Lily Haxworth Wallace, Rumford Chemical Works (1908)
"fondant Icing 2 cups granulated sugar. 1 cup boiling water. Flavoring. ... This creamy fondant is better if allowed to stand a few days before using, ..."

4. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Horace Binney Wallace, Frederick Thomas White, John Innes Clark Hare, Owen Davies Tudor (1876)
"... fondant who fills up and signs a form to that effect, will be specifically performed against him in equity (The New Brunswick and Canada Railway and ..."

5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... b"ifra maA fondant* Ч When Handel was asked to point out the peculiar taste of the different nations of Europe in dancing, he ascribed the minuet to the ..."

6. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"fondant que ces esclaves portent le cadavre, les parens et les parentes dansent en l'accompagnant, et d'autres esclaves so chargent du bagage, ..."

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