What does "toffee" mean?

A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.

What is a synonym for "toffee"?

Common synonyms include: brittle, brown, candy, caramel brown, caramel candy, chocolate.

/ˈtɔfi/ noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. uncountable
2
A fan or member of Everton F.C.. UK, informal
3
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets wordnet
4
A small, individual piece of toffee. countable
5
Any kind of sweets; candy. Northern-England, countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To coat in toffee. transitive
"The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle."

"This chocolate bar has chunks of toffee in it."

Etymology 1

An alteration of taffy.

Etymology 2

In reference to two toffee shops that were located in Everton village at the time the club was founded.