Confection meaning

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The act or process of confecting or the result of it.
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To make into a confection.
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A sweet preparation, such as candy.
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A sweetened medicinal compound; an electuary.
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A piece displaying splendid craft, skill, and work.

The gown was a confection of satin and appliqué.

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The act or process of confecting.
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Any kind of candy or other sweet preparation, such as ice cream or preserves.
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A sweetened mixture of drugs; electuary.
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A product or work having a frivolous, whimsical, or contrived effect.
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A fancy, stylish article of women's clothing.
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To prepare as a confection.
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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, cake or the like.

The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.

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The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
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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.

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(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
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(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
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(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
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To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
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Origin of confection

  • Middle English confescioun, from Old French confeccion (French confection), from Latin confectionem (nominative confectio), from confectus, past participle of conficere (“to prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500's.
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Confection Sentence Examples

  • Milk of sulphur, the confection and the lozenge, is used for this purpose.

  • The "Holy Leaven" is reputed to be a part of the original bread of the first Eucharist, brought by Addai and Mari' and maintained ever since in the Church; it is used in the confection of the Eucharistic wafers, which are rather thicker than those used in the Western Church.

  • You can display the conventional three-tiered white confection and have your decorator wrap each tier in orange satin ribbon, write a romantic message with bright buttercream, or pipe on a pretty design with orange frosting.

  • 35, "a confection after the art of the apothecary," or rather "a perfume after the art of the perfumer," which was to be regarded as most holy, and the imitation of which was prohibited under the severest penalties, was compounded of four "sweet scents" (sammim),3 namely stacte (nataph), onycha (sheheleth), galbanum (helbenah) and "pure" or "fine" frankincense (lebonah zaccah), pounded together in equal proportions, with (perhaps) an admixture of salt (memullah).

  • They worshipped Re at sunrise with resin, at mid-day with myrrh and at sunset with an elaborate confection called kuphi, compounded of no fewer than sixteen ingredients, among which were honey, wine, raisins, resin, myrrh and sweet calamus.

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