nougat

noun

nou·​gat ˈnü-gət 

 especially British  -ˌgä

: a confection of nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste

Examples of nougat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The recall covers the 6.35 oz versions of Tony’s Dark Almond Sea Salt bar and Everything Bar (milk chocolate, caramel, pretzel, almond, nougat and sea salt). —David Matthews, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025

The recall covers two products, its 6.35 oz Dark Almond Sea Salt bar and the company's 6.35 oz Everything Bar, which is a milk chocolate bar with caramel, pretzel, almond nougat and sea salt. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025

Other delights include almond cake, nougat with local honey, morning brioches, and chocolate pralines with marzipan and walnuts. —Carissa & Dino Tozzi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025

The chocolate bars are like KitKats, but filled with pistachios and aromatic pistachio nougat. —Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, from Occitan, from Old Occitan nogat, from noga nut, from Vulgar Latin *nuca, from Latin nuc-, nux — more at nut

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nougat

• bhagat

Kids Definition

nougat

noun

nou·​gat ˈnü-gət 

: a candy of nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste