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confection::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | concoction |
| Type of | creating from raw materials |
| Derivation | confect |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comfit, confect |
| Type of | put together, assemble, piece, tack together, set up, tack |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sweet |
| Type of | goody, treat, dainty, kickshaw, delicacy |
| Has types | centre, chewing gum, comfit, confect, confectionery, confiture, gum, hardbake, maraschino, maraschino cherry, nonpareil, sweetmeat, taffy apple, toffee apple, candied apple, candy, candy apple, caramel apple, center |
Examples of confection
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He extracts a crumb-cover confection and leans down to offer Zeus the container.
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This raunchy piece of Judd Apatow-lite is a tart confection with a sweet center.
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A laughing Buddha-shaped confection from Chicago's organic Bleeding Heart Bakery.
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It's a deceptively light confection, leading up to his heavyweight upcoming tour.
From the metro.co.uk
Sylvia Hiers believes the much-maligned Christmas confection can change the world.
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Store owner Laura Vinroot Poole wore a pink Rodarte confection Saturday night.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Robin embraces the cheesy charm of this confection, best described as Webber-lite.
From the dailyherald.com
Here's a recipe that combines the best of both worlds in a super-sweet confection.
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This time its the classic Oreo cookie and the classic fall confection, candy corn.
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- Confect: make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
- Sweet: a food rich in sugar
- The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
- (confect) candy: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well. The word candy (U.S. ...
- (Confect) 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. ...
- 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 act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something; The result of such a process; ...
- (Confections) are remedies in the form of a conserve.
- (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.
