Word Finder - confection

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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.

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The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.

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

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

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

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

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Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.

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A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.

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To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

Milk of sulphur, the confection and the lozenge, is used for this purpose.

Containing genuine pearl dust or flecks of 24K gold, each gloriously slurpable confection is destined to be the lolly on everyone's...

One by one, thousands of cartons rolled off the production line filled with frozen confection, ready to be shipped off.

The nose is an appealing confection of pink marshmallows and the sugary mixture known as rainbow crystals.

Puddings feature various types of ice-cream, including a mouth-watering hazelnut confection, a wicked chocolate truffle and the Indian ice-cream, kulfi.

You can display the conventional three-tiered white confection and have your decorator wrap each tier in orange satin ribbon, write a romantic message with bright buttercream, or pipe on a pretty design with orange frosting.

From a utility shelf to a complex confection of cutouts and curlicues, the opportunities to define a space, collection or function are limitless.

From unique designs to outrageous flavors, there are many ways to turn this classic confection into a dazzling treat.

The cost of truffles varies based on the flavors, quantity ordered, and the quality of the confection.

The traditional bridal wedding cake is a formal, stylized confection that pays homage to the romance of the event.

Cher goes for Bob Mackie again in a black confection in 1988, which showed as much skin as it did dress.

In a nutshell, it is wiser to have a little chocolate or other confection than piling up on other foods that do not do satisfy.

The Smooth Moves Boyshort panty is a lacy confection whose little details add up to something pretty.

There is also always a "fantasy bra" -- an absurd confection made of elements that result in a multi-million dollar bra.

I guess that's why there is so much talk of Anglican fudge, that well known confection.

And they almost certainly are, for what we have here is a Victorian confection.

But all the same, this is simply a package of nigh-on perfection in sugary confection.

Not only have the trio introduced a healthy dose of punk to their pop confection, they are also stalwarts of the live scene.

But the confection of the stone of the philosophers was too remote a possibility to gratify the fiery spirit of a youth like Paracelsus, eager to make what he knew, or could learn, at once available for practical medicine.

Not all baby showers need a four-tiered confection covered in delicate spun-sugar shapes.

Simply hang this confection of fur, feathers and fleece from a door knob and watch your cat discover it.

Praline - The debate rages on as to whether this confection is pronounced "pray leen", or "praw leen".

For most celebrations, the groom will decide on the style and flavor of his honorific cake, or the confection may be a personalized surprise from his bride, the groomsmen, or his family.

If ice cream is your favorite confection, preparing it at home with an ice cream maker like the White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer will make the store-bought kind pale by comparison.

They worshipped Re at sunrise with resin, at mid-day with myrrh and at sunset with an elaborate confection called kuphi, compounded of no fewer than sixteen ingredients, among which were honey, wine, raisins, resin, myrrh and sweet calamus.

The "Holy Leaven" is reputed to be a part of the original bread of the first Eucharist, brought by Addai and Mari' and maintained ever since in the Church; it is used in the confection of the Eucharistic wafers, which are rather thicker than those used in the Western Church.

From craft store beads to junk store jewelry, making your chandelier an eye-popping confection is a way to add a little Hollywood glamour to your décor.

From simple heart shapes to elegant Valentine's Day wedding cakes, there is a delicious confection suitable for any romantic, mid-February celebration.