confect

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

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une confiserie sucrée et riche, souvent à base de sucre aromatisé, généralement combinée avec des fruits ou des noix.

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.

   🇫🇷confiserie (friandise)

   Synonymes: bonboncandycomfitconfectionsweetsweetmeat

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

• 🇫🇷Verbe archaïque signifiant préparer, faire ou composer quelque chose, surtout par mélange ou combinaison d'ingrédients; aujourd'hui largement remplacé par 'concocter'.

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.

   🇫🇷Fabriquer ou construire

   Synonymes: assemblebuildcomposeconstructcontrivecreatedevisefabricatefashionformulatemakemanufactureproduceput together

   Antonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Confectionner (en sucrerie)

   Synonymes: candypreservesugarsweeten

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