'Confection' definitions:
Definition of 'confection'
(from WordNet)
noun
A food rich in sugar [syn: sweet, confection]
noun
The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn: confection, concoction]
verb
Definition of 'Confection'
From: GCIDE
- Confection \Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
- 1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A new confection of mold. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. [1913 Webster]
- Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A composition of drugs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'confection'
From: Easton
- Confection (Ex. 30:35, "ointment" in ver. 25; R.V., "perfume"). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.
Synonyms of 'confection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admixture,
- alloy,
- amalgam,
- blancmange,
- blend,
- brew,
- candy,
- combination,
- combo,
- comfit,
- commixture,
- composite,
- composition,
- compote,
- compound,
- concoction,
- confectionery,
- confiture,
- conserve,
- decoction,
- decoctum,
- ensemble,
- frosting,
- gelatin,
- glaze,
- honey,
- icing,
- immixture,
- intermixture,
- jam,
- Jell-O,
- jelly,
- magma,
- marmalade,
- meringue,
- mixture,
- mousse,
- paste,
- preserve,
- sweet,
- sweet stuff,
- sweetmeat,
- sweets,
- tutti-frutti,
- whipped cream