WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!

Google
 

confection
 
Noun confection has 2 senses
  1. sweet, confection, confectionery - a food rich in sugar
    --1 is a kind of dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
    --1 has particulars:
     confiture; sweetmeat; candy; hardbake; chewing gum, gum; candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple; center, centre; comfit; maraschino, maraschino cherry; nonpareil
  2. confection, concoction - the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
    --2 is a kind of creating from raw materials
    Derived forms: verb confect2, verb confection1
Verb confection has 1 sense
  1. confect, confection, comfit - make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
    --1 is one way to assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
    Derived form: noun confection2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
confabulating confabulation confabulations confabulatory confaction confarm confe confect confection confectionary confectionary confectioner confectioneries confectionery confederacy confederale confederate

Sponsored (shop thru our affiliate link to help maintain this site):

WordNet-Online
Home | Free dictionary software | Copyright notice | Contact us | WordNet dictionary | Automotive thesaurus