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Confection

Confection Meaning & Definition
Confection Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confection?

[n] the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
[n] a food rich in sugar
[v] prepare from ingredients; "This medicine is home-confected"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Confection: comfit | concoction | confect | confectionery | sweet

Related Terms | Find terms related to Confection: 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 | Jell-O | jelly | magma | marmalade | meringue | mixture | mousse | paste | preserve | sweet | sweet stuff | sweetmeat | sweets | tutti-frutti | whipped cream

See Also | assemble | candied apple | candy | candy apple | caramel apple | chewing gum | comfit | confiture | creating from raw materials | dainty | delicacy | goody | gum | hardbake | kickshaw | maraschino | maraschino cherry | nonpareil | piece | put together | set up | sweetmeat | tack | tack together | taffy apple | toffee apple | treat

Confection In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.] 1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.] A new confection of mold. --Bacon. 2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. --Bacon. 3. A composition of drugs. --Shak. 4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias 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.

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