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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun confection has 2 senses
- confection(n = noun.food) sweet - a food rich in sugar; is a kind of dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
- confection(n = noun.act) concoction - the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components; is a kind of creating from raw materials
has particulars: confectionery, confiture, sweetmeat, candy, confect, hardbake, chewing gum, gum, candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple, center, centre, comfit, maraschino, maraschino cherry, nonpareil
Derived forms verb confect2, verb confection1
Verb confection has 1 sense
- confection(v = verb.creation) comfit, confect - make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" is one way to assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
Derived form noun confection2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
confection, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.].
- A composition of different materials. [1913 Webster]"A new confection of mold." [1913 Webster]
- A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. [1913 Webster]"Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons." [1913 Webster]
- A composition of drugs. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. [1913 Webster]" The pharmacopœias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
confection, n.
1 a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients.
2 mixing, compounding.
3 a fashionable or elaborate article of women's dress.
1 a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients.
2 mixing, compounding.
3 a fashionable or elaborate article of women's dress.
Derivative
confectionary adj. (in sense 1).
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L confectio -onis (as confect)
THESAURUS
confection
Jell-O, admixture, alloy, amalgam, blancmange, blend, brew, candy, combination, combo, comfit, commixture, composite, composition, compote, compound, concoction, confectionery, confiture, conserve, decoction, decoctum, ensemble, frosting, gelatin, glaze, honey, icing, immixture, intermixture, jam, jelly, magma, marmalade, meringue, mixture, mousse, paste, preserve, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, tutti-frutti, whipped creamROGET THESAURUS
confection
Sweetness
N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.
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