Definitions from Wiktionary (confection)
▸ noun: A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
▸ noun: The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
▸ noun: The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
▸ noun: (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
▸ noun: (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
▸ noun: (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
▸ noun: (obsolete, medicine) A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A deadly poison.
▸ verb: To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
iced confection,
black confection,
sesame seed and honey confection,
confection created by heating sugar,
creamy confection,
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▸ noun: A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
▸ noun: The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
▸ noun: The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
▸ noun: (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
▸ noun: (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
▸ noun: (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
▸ noun: (obsolete, medicine) A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A deadly poison.
▸ verb: To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
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comfit,
confectionery,
sweet,
confect,
concoction,
confectionary,
comfiture,
sweetmeat,
sweetstuff,
sweetmaking,
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