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marshmallow
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A species of mallow, (taxlink Althaea officinalis species noshow=1), that grows in marshy terrain. (from 9th c.) 2 A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency. (from 19th c.) 3 (context figuratively English) Someone who is soft and benign.
WordNet
n. spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar
Wikipedia
A marshmallow is a sugar-based confection that, in its modern form, typically consists of sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a spongy consistency, molded into small cylindrical pieces, and coated with corn starch. Some marshmallow recipes call for eggs. This confection is the modern version of a medicinal confection made from Althaea officinalis, the marshmallow plant.
A band formed by Alan Gregg after leaving The Mutton Birds which is based in London, England. Members: Alan Gregg, Bert Thomas, Richard Turner and Cy Winstanley. David Long, Bic Runga and Ron Sexsmith contributed to the album Marshmallow.
A marshmallow is a confection made from sugar.
Marshmallow may also refer to:
Usage examples of "marshmallow".
I had several candies in common: marshmallow eggs, Smarties, Necco Wafers.
Although it was a slightly juvenile treat, it was terribly good, far better than something as simple as cracker, marshmallow and chocolate had a right to be.
But rare as it is, rarer still is the old-fashioned marshmallow egg lover.
And under the pillow in the bedroom was a bag of old-fashioned marshmallow eggs for me.
She revealed that even now, as a middle-aged woman, she would go into a candy store and stare at marshmallow eggs, arguing with herself about buying them.
I know it, because it is the same argument my mother described having with herself staring at those marshmallow eggs.
I discovered that the marshmallow eggs that so elude me were readily available online, I was delighted.
The substance of our bodies is a sweet marshmallow material and we would be prey to all kinds of creatures if we had to depart these lands.
And this was the situation that Elephant and his pals were confronted with after their excursion with the Marshmallow people.
After the ketchup and marshmallow mix-up, Gabe was almost afraid to ask.
She blew it out and pried the blackened marshmallow off the stick with a sigh.
He stuck the blackened marshmallow into his mouth and chewed it without tasting it.
Once when he stepped on a roach in the kitchen, he told me my mother had spent hours luring roaches out of the house with bits of marshmallow and trails of graham-cracker crumbs, that she was a lunatic when it came to saving bugs.
I thought about the way my mother had built trails of graham-cracker crumbs and marshmallow to lure roaches from the house rather than step on them.
I had nearly finished a glass of juice before I let myself look at the little highway of broken graham crackers and marshmallow bits that May was constructing across the floor, how it started at the sink and angled toward the door, thick with golden crumbs and smudges of sticky white.