a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
burnt almond in American English
noun
(often, burnt almonds)
roasted sweet almond
Word origin
[1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, colloid, flan, pylon, warmup
Examples of 'burnt almond' in a sentence
burnt almond
In the bathroom, she makes her own soap, alum stone deodorant, mascara and eyeliner from powdered burnt almonds.