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nouna sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy. the process of compounding, preparing, or making something. a frivolous, amusing, or contrived play, book, or other artistic or literary work. something made up or confected; a concoction: He said the charges were a confection of the local police. something, as a garment or decorative object, that is very delicate, elaborate, or luxurious and usually nonutilitarian. Pharmacology. a medicated preparation made with the aid of sugar, honey, syrup, or the like. verb (used with object)Archaic. to prepare as a confection. Origin of confection1300–50; Middle English <Latin confectiōn- (stem of confectiō) completion, equivalent to confect- (see confect) + -iōn--ion Words nearby confectionconfab, confabulate, confabulation, confarreation, confect, confection, confectionary, confectioner, confectioners' sugar, confectionery, confed. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for confectionThe nonstick coating spares you the stress of seeing your perfect confection fall apart when you take it out of the pan to cool. These pieces of kitchen gear make excellent gifts|PopSci Commerce Team|October 6, 2020|Popular Science The business they were running was a confection of several sources. The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST Nuts and raisins are used in this confection, but if desired they may be omitted. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences Hankin details a case of an Indian confection made largely from milk that caused a typhoid outbreak in a British regiment. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition|H. L. Russell
If the sugar is damp, it will mat so that the confection is "mussy" to the eye and unpleasant to the palate. Candy-Making Revolutionized|Mary Elizabeth Hall It will keep for a very long time and has been a dessert or confection in Mexico for centuries. The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown It is often flavored and sweetened and then forms the confection known as sweet chocolate. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for confection
nounthe act or process of compounding or mixing any sweet preparation of fruit, nuts, etc, such as a preserve or a sweet old-fashioned an elaborate article of clothing, esp for women informal anything regarded as overelaborate or frivolousthe play was merely an ingenious confection a medicinal drug sweetened with sugar, honey, etc Word Origin for confectionC14: from Old French, from Latin confectiō a preparing, from conficere to produce; see confect Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to confectioncake, pastry, candy, sweet, jam, dainty Medical definitions for confection
n.A sweetened medicinal compound.electuary The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |