Sekirov Dictionary

confection

/kənˈfɛkʃən/

noun 8
verb 1
forms 3

noun8

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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.
- The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.
An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
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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.
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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.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
(no longer used) A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
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(no longer used) A deadly poison.
- Was it not a goodly poison that he gave! Why, he's as well now as he was before. It shuld have been some fine confection That might have given the broth some dainty taste — 2007

verb1

To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

forms

confectioned · confectioning · confections

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