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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#m1)

2) Something elaborate and decorated, like a fancy dress or building: «a confection of lace and ribbons». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#m2)

3) (formal) The making of something by mixing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#x1)
- The wedding cake was a tall white confection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#x2)
- Her hat was a confection of feathers and flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#x3)
- Sweets and chocolate are called confectionery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#x4)
- The chef made a confection of meringue and cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#x5)
- Too many confections are bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.442/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «confection» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confection/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.