Confection

confection
    n 1: a food rich in sugar [syn: {sweet}, {confection}]
    2: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup
       etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn:
       {confection}, {concoction}]
    v 1: make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
         [syn: {confect}, {confection}, {comfit}]
    

Confection \Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
   1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]
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            A new confection of mold.             --Bacon.
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   2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a
      sweetmeat.
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            Certain confections . . . are like to candied
            conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   3. A composition of drugs. --Shak.
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   4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
      substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
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   Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction
         between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances
         and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances
         combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is
         now abandoned and all are called confections.
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Confection
(Ex. 30:35, "ointment" in ver. 25; R.V., "perfume"). The Hebrew
word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil
and perfume.
    

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "confection":
      Jell-O, admixture, alloy, amalgam, blancmange, blend, brew, candy,
      combination, combo, comfit, commixture, composite, composition,
      compote, compound, concoction, confectionery, confiture, conserve,
      decoction, decoctum, ensemble, frosting, gelatin, glaze, honey,
      icing, immixture, intermixture, jam, jelly, magma, marmalade,
      meringue, mixture, mousse, paste, preserve, sweet, sweet stuff,
      sweetmeat, sweets, tutti-frutti, whipped cream