confection
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3.7
- noun
- /kənˈfɛkʃən/
- She savored the rich chocolate confection that melted in her mouth with every bite.
- chocolate confections
- sweet confection
- delicious confections
Examples
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Maybe you'll end up wanting to pick up some ice cream confections or novelties for yourself.
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Soft white wheat is preferred for Asian noodles and confections.
Academic text (1999) -
A sweet confection has made us unstoppable!
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Okay, now I'm gonna try one of these little date confections.
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Sighing, Ginger picked up the silver dessert spoon and applied herself to the confection.
Blog text (20) -
At last came the wedding cake, a small white confection dusted with candied violets.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her dress lay on a gilt-edged chair in her room, all gauze and silk, a delicate confection.
Fiction book (1994) -
So sit back, relax, and enjoy your low calorie popcorn and assorted confections.
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Unlike cheap candy that clawed and irritated, this confection slipped down the throat and satisfied.
Fiction book (1993) -
Summer savored the sticky confection as it melted on her tongue, then mourned its passing.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
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1.0
A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts
878
1.0
A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling
850
1.0
A small flat sweet baked treat often with chocolate chips or nuts
468
1.0
A sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal
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1.0
Something special and enjoyable like ice cream or a nice outing
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1.0
A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee
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1.0
A soft sweet candy made from sugar and butter
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1.0
A sweet made of chocolate or sugar that you eat as a snack
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1.6
A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard
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1.0
A small sugary food eaten after a meal
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2.3
A small sweet food people eat for pleasure
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1.1
A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar
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1.7
A very thin crisp cookie often served with desserts
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1.3
A firm chewy sweet made from cooked sugar and milk
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1.0
A small sweet made with chocolate and eaten as a treat
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4.4
A small sweet candy often made of chocolate and wrapped in foil
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3.2
A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam
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8.8
A small sweet food like candy or fruit covered in sugar eaten as a treat
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1.0
A hard sweet made by boiling sugar and letting it cool
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1.0
A small sweet food high in sugar eaten between meals as a treat
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2.9
An apple covered in a hard layer of sugar and served on a stick
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1.0
A small sweet with a mint taste that is often hard or chewy
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2.7
Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and coated in sugar for a sweet treat
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7.9
A thin hard sweet made with honey that breaks easily
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7.7
Fruit or nuts coated in sugar syrup to preserve and sweeten them
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2.9
A light fluffy sweet made from spun sugar at fairs
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2.7
A chewy candy made from sugar and butter that people pull and stretch
A small piece of candy or chocolate
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Morphology
Etymology
Confection comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and fect, from facere 'to make', so it originally meant 'something made together'. Sweets are often mixes of sugar and other ingredients, so a confection is a food 'made by mixing', which is why it now means candy or a pastry.