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confect::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | candy |
| Type of | sweet, confection |
| Has types | brandyball, brittle, butterscotch, candy bar, candy cane, candy corn, candy kiss, candyfloss, caramel, carob bar, chocolate truffle, cotton candy, dragee, all-day sucker, easter egg, fondant, fudge, gumdrop, hard candy, honey crisp, horehound, jelly bean, jelly egg, kiss, licorice, life saver, liquorice, lollipop, lozenge, marchpane, marshmallow, marzipan, mint, mint candy, nougat, nougat bar, nut bar, patty, peanut bar, popcorn ball, praline, rock, rock candy, spun sugar, sucker, sugar candy, sugarplum, taffy, toffee, toffy, truffle, turkish delight, bonbon |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comfit, confection |
| Type of | assemble, set up, tack, tack together, piece, put together |
| Derivation | confection |
This medicine is home-confected.
Examples of confect
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The whole basis of Top Gear is to confect entertainment from contrived japes and pranks.
From the guardian.co.uk
A stranger tale and an odder telling would be hard to confect.
From the time.com
Even Mad Mel Phillips struggled to confect the outrage.
From the independent.co.uk
It would be difficult to confect a less Marxist position.
From the theatlantic.com
Tulip isn't the movie-dog most animations confect, but a real one, doing real, gross dog things, like eating cow-pats.
From the telegraph.co.uk
After all, even England's footballers would have struggled to confect such a preposterous tale of bar-room excess.
From the smh.com.au
The politicians who confect sophistications for ducking the responsibilities of power are all around us and always have been.
From the edition.cnn.com
Despite rules requiring advertising slogans in English to be sub-titled, French manufacturers brazenly borrow English words to confect brands in franglais.
From the economist.com
Since Christ is the true minister of all Sacraments, the priest has to be able to channel Christ's energies to validly confect the sacrament.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Candy: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- Make or construct
- Make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
- Confit (French, pronounced or in English "con-fee") is a generic term for various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. Sealed and stored in a cool place, confit can last for several months. ...
- (Confected) A tasting term to describe a sweet aroma/flavour, but more manufactured (like candy) than honey. I generally find it a negative aspect of a wine.
- (Confected) Seemingly a "chemistry-set wine" that is "made" in the winery rather than "grown" in the vineyard. A wine reminiscent of confectionery,
