confection
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often…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.
» I very much want to eat sweet confections.
Meaning
7 sensesA 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.
The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.
Konfekt, Bonbon
сла́достиsládosti, конфе́тыkonféty, конди́терские изде́лияkondíterskije izdélija
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
(dated)An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated)Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
Her gown was a marvelous confection of lace and tulle.
A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
(obsolete)A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
(obsolete)A deadly poison.
- the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
- a food rich in sugar
Examples
1 sentencesI very much want to eat sweet confections.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection),From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficiō (“prepare”), from con- (“with”) + faciō (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, confect + -ion. Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.
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Forms
plural: confections| Singular | confection |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components:concoction
- a food rich in sugar:sweet