Turkish delight

Noun

Meaning

Turkish delight (usually uncountable, plural Turkish delights)

A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.
Synonyms: locoum, loukoumi

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Hypernyms

candy confect

Examples

Where are you? - I'm upstairs in our room rubbing your expensive creams on my knees, I just want to see what happens. Don't try to get in, I have blocked the door with huge lumps of Turkish delight and I'm listening to showtunes. Stay away. Dylan Moran

Starting with one of the highest-ranked restaurants via TripAdvisor, Totto’s Mediterranean Turkish Delight lives up to its name. Source: Internet

Lokum ( Turkish delight ), which was eaten for digestion after meals and called "rahat hulkum" in the Ottoman era, is another well-known sweet/candy with a range of varieties. Source: Internet

There is also a long string of roadside kiosks selling the local Turkish delight. Source: Internet

Sadly, Turkish Delight did not live up to my expectations. Source: Internet

When I was a child reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I had no idea what Turkish Delight was. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Turkish coffee turkish coffee-pot Turkish corsair turkish easter egg turkish empire Turkish fir