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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
barley-sugar is a noun meaning "a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar". It carries one recorded sense.
a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for barley-sugar come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.