Definition of confection

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Confection (n.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey..

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Bonbon :: Bonbon (n.) Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty..
Madjoun :: Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos.
Confection :: Confection (n.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey..
Caramel :: Caramel (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor..
Waferer :: Waferer (n.) A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner.
Licorice :: Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes..
Succedane :: Succade (n.) Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections..
Sweet :: Sweet (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc..
Saffron :: Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine..
Confectionary :: Confectionary (a.) Prepared as a confection.
Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form..
Candy :: Candy (v. t.) A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc..
Angelica :: Angelica (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic..
Confect :: Confect (n.) A comfit; a confection.
Kiss :: Kiss (v.) A small piece of confectionery.
Confect :: Confect (v. t.) To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of..
Sweetmeat :: Sweetmeat (n.) Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection..
Confection :: Confection (n.) A composition of different materials.
Conserve :: Conserve (n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
Pulpatoon :: Pulpatoon (n.) A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit..
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