confection

CEFRB2

/kənˈfɛkʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet food made from sugar or chocolate.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.

Examples

  • She bought a box of assorted confections from the shop.

  • She created a delicious sweet confection using chocolate and nuts.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.

  2. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

  3. An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

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In context

  • The baker created a sugar confection that looked like a flower.

  • The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.

  • The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.