About The Word Confection
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Confection
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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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