confection

«confection» in Mova's school dictionary: A sweet food such as a cake, sweet, chocolate or pudding… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a confection, confections)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sweet food such as a cake, sweet, chocolate or pudding, especially a fancy one. tree →

2) Something elaborate and decorated, like a fancy dress or building: «a confection of lace and ribbons». tree →

3) (formal) The making of something by mixing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life «confectionery» means sweets and chocolates; a «confectioner» makes or sells them. In stories a wedding cake or a fancy hat may be called «a confection». Health lessons say sweet confections are a treat, not a meal.

examples

• The bakery window was full of sugary confections. tree →
• The wedding cake was a tall white confection. tree →
• Her hat was a confection of feathers and flowers. tree →
• Sweets and chocolate are called confectionery. tree →
• The chef made a confection of meringue and cream. tree →
• Too many confections are bad for your teeth. tree →

note

Countable. Related: confectionery (sweets in general, uncountable), confectioner (person). Do not confuse with «confession».

In the corpora

• And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «confection» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.