confection

UK: /kənˈfɛkʃ^ən/ US: /kənˈfɛkʃən/ ,(kən fek′shən)

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con•fec•tion /kənˈfɛkʃən/   n. 

1. Food [countable] a sweet preparation, as a candy.
2. [uncountable] the process of confecting something.
3. [countable] something made up or confected;
   concoction.
4. [countable] something, as a garment, that is very delicate or elaborate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

con•fec•tion  (kən fek′shən), n. 

1. Food a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
2. the process of compounding, preparing, or making something.
3. Literature a frivolous, amusing, or contrived play, book, or other artistic or literary work.
4. something made up or confected;
   a concoction:
   He said the charges were a confection of the local police.
5. something, as a garment or decorative object, that is very delicate, elaborate, or luxurious and usually nonutilitarian.
6. Drugs [Pharm.] a medicated preparation made with the aid of sugar, honey, syrup, or the like.

v.t. 

7. [Archaic.] to prepare as a confection.

• Latin confectiōn- (stem of confectiō) completion, equivalent. to confect- (see confect) + -iōn- -ion
• Middle English 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

confection / kənˈfɛkʃən/ noun

1. the act or process of compounding or mixing
2. any sweet preparation of fruit, nuts, etc, such as a preserve or a sweet
3. an elaborate article of clothing, esp for women

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin confectiō a preparing, from conficere to produce; see confect