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Meaning of confection in English
Pronunciation
/kənˈfɛkʃ(ə)n/
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Verb
confection
Definitions
1.
make into a confection
Examples
« This medicine is home-confected »
Noun
confection
Etymology
Middle English (in the general sense ‘something made by mixing’, especially a medicinal preparation): via Old French from Latin confectio(n-), from conficere‘put together’ (see confect)
Definitions
1.
a food rich in sugar
2.
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components