Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of confecting or the result of it.
- noun A sweet preparation, such as candy.
- noun A sweetened medicinal compound; an electuary.
- noun A piece displaying splendid craft, skill, and work.
- transitive verb To make into a confection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To prepare for use with sugar or syrup; compound.
- To make up (elaborate articles of female attire).
- noun The art or act of confecting or compounding different substances into one preparation: as, the confection of sweetmeats.
- noun A composition or mixture, as of drugs, etc.; a preparation to be eaten or imbibed.
- noun Something prepared or preserved with sugar or syrup.
- noun In pharmacy, a preparation, in the form of a soft solid, in which one or more medicinal substances are incorporated with saccharine matter, with a view to their preservation or for more convenient administration.
- noun [F.] A ready-made garment, as a mantle, wrap, fichu, etc., for women's wear, often of several materials, and always more or less elaborate and elegant: as, Madame A—has returned with a choice assortment of confections.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A composition of different materials.
- noun A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.
- noun A composition of drugs.
- noun (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
food item prepared verysweet , frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved withsugar , such as acandy ,sweetmeat , fruitpreserve ,pastry ,cake or the like. - noun The act or process of
confecting ; the process ofmaking ,compounding , orpreparing something. - noun The
result of such a process; something made up or confected; aconcoction . - noun dated An
artistic ,musical , orliterary work taken asfrivolous ,amusing , orcontrived ; acomposition of a light nature. - noun dated Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very
elaborate ,delicate , orluxurious , usually also seen asimpractical or non-utilitarian . - noun pharmacology A preparation of
medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; anelectuary . - verb To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make into a confection
- noun the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
- noun a food rich in sugar
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Winslow, after patiently repeating over and over the message of sympathy and friendship delivered him by the governor, produced a little pot of what he calls a confection of many comfortable conserves, and with the point of his knife inserted a portion between the sick man's teeth.
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It tastes exactly like the stuff that you buy for exorbitant sums of money from glassed-in confection palaces.
Archive 2007-12-01 Nupur 2007
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Candied/glazed citrus peel - perfection in confection
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I think you went with the right title, Lindy -- this sweet confection is definitely more tart than cake.
Paula Wolfert's Prune and Apple Tart with Filo Rosettes Lindy 2006
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Of course such a character is the purest confection, which is why such cozy English detective stories are mocked by literary critics and by fans of the hard-boiled crime novel.
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Let Us Play collects a dozen tracks of up-to-the-minute electronica, ranging from the anti-nuke dub confection “Atomic Moog 2000,” to the breakbeat of “Return to the Margin,” to the mechanized lullaby of “Music for No Musicians,” to the full-out trance of “Timber.”
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There was a regular queue of postulants to see this heavenly Eastern houri and buy her confection, which is very like Scotch butter-cake, but not so digestible; and even more filling at the price.
The Martian George Du Maurier 1865
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But the 53-room Art Deco confection, which is located a block from South Beach's main gay beach, is billing itself as the country's first large-scale, design-driven gay hotel.
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The confection is a nice balance of cream, coffee and chocolate.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Tom Sietsema 2011
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Of course such a character is the purest confection, which is why such cozy English detective stories are mocked by literary critics and fans of the hard-boiled crime novel.
NPR Topics: News 2010
fbharjo commented on the word confection
sweet defection
March 9, 2011