confect

A noun referring to a rich, sweet confection made from flavored sugar, often combined with fruit or nuts.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un dulce o golosina, a menudo elaborado con azúcar aromatizada y combinado con frutas o frutos secos.

1. Sweet confection C1 formal culinary

   A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.

   • The artisan prepared a delicate confect of candied ginger and almonds.
   • She offered guests a tray of homemade confects.
   • The recipe for this confect requires boiling sugar to the soft ball stage.

   🇪🇸Dulce de azúcar y frutos secos

   Sinónimos: bonboncandycomfitconfectionsweetsweetmeat

An archaic verb meaning to prepare, make, or compose something, especially by mixing or combining ingredients; now largely replaced by 'concoct'.

• 🇪🇸Verbo obsoleto que significa preparar, hacer o componer algo, especialmente mezclando o combinando ingredientes; hoy en día sustituido principalmente por 'concoct' (inventar/mezclar).

1. Make or construct C1 formal

   To create, assemble, or put together something, often with skill or ingenuity.

   • The chef confected a new dessert for the menu.
   • They confected a clever plan to surprise the team.
   • She confected a beautiful piece of jewelry from spare parts.

   🇪🇸confeccionar

   Sinónimos: assemblebuildcomposeconstructcontrivecreatedevisefabricatefashionformulatemakemanufactureproduceput together

   Antónimos: demolishdestroydismantleruinunmake

2. Make into a confection C1 formal culinary

   To prepare or make something into a sweet food item, such as candy or preserves.

   • The baker confected the fruit into a delicious jam.
   • They confected the chocolate into delicate truffles.
   • She learned to confect candies from her grandmother.

   🇪🇸Hacer un dulce o confitura

   Sinónimos: candypreservesugarsweeten

• confect past participle
• confect past simple
• confecting present participle
• confects third person singular