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| 1. | [ noun ] (food) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies | |
| Related terms: | sweet | |
| 2. | [ noun ] model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | |
| Synonyms: | ideal saint apotheosis nonesuch nonsuch paragon | |
| Related terms: | model jimdandy humdinger class_act apotheosize | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] eminent beyond or above comparison | |
| Synonyms: | one one_and_only peerless unmatched unmatchable unrivaled unrivalled matchless | |
| Examples: | "matchless beauty" "the team's nonpareil center fielder" "she's one girl in a million" "the one and only Muhammad Ali" "a peerless scholar" "infamy unmatched in the Western world" "unrivaled mastery of her art" |
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| Related terms: | incomparable | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar | |
| Related terms: | chocolate_candy | |
| Similar spelling: |
noun_phrase nonparallel nonparty nonpurulent nonperiodic nonpartizan nonpartisan |
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