confection

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a food rich in sugar
• Syn:
sweet
• Hypernyms:
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
• Hyponyms:
confectionery, confiture, sweetmeat, candy, confect,
hardbake, chewing gum, gum, candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple,
caramel apple, toffee apple, center, centre, comfit, maraschino,
maraschino cherry, nonpareil
2. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
• Syn:
concoction
• Derivationally related forms:
concoct (for: concoction), confect
• Hypernyms:
creating from raw materials

II - verb

make into a confection
- This medicine is home-confected
• Syn:
confect, comfit
• Derivationally related forms:
confection (for: confect)
• Hypernyms:
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  concoction, sweet, confect, comfit