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Confection

/kənˈfɛkʃən/

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

📖 Definitions of "Confection"

noun
  1. 1

    A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

    "The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections."

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    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."

  4. 4

    An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

verb
  1. 1

    To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

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