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noun
A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: candy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sweet, confection
Narrower terms: candy bar, carob bar, hard candy, brandyball, patty, bonbon, brittle, toffee, toffy, butterscotch, candy cane, candy corn, caramel, cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss, dragee, fondant, fudge, gumdrop, honey crisp, mint, mint candy, horehound, jelly bean, jelly egg, kiss, candy kiss, licorice, liquorice, Life Saver, lollipop, sucker, all-day sucker, lozenge, marshmallow, marzipan, marchpane, nougat, nougat bar, nut bar, peanut bar, popcorn ball, praline, rock candy, rock, sugar candy, sugarplum, taffy, truffle, chocolate truffle, Turkish Delight, Easter egg
verb
make into a confection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: confection, comfit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
verb
make or construct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: produce, make, create
History
Borrowed from Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of comfit, confetto, confit, and konfyt.
Borrowed from Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, from com- (“together”) + facere (“to make”).
