confection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a food rich in sugar
    sweet.
  2. noun the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
    concoction.
  3. verb make into a confection
    comfit; confect.
    • This medicine is home-confected

WordNet

Con*fec"tion noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. confectio.
Definitions
  1. A composition of different materials. Obs.
    A new confection of mold. Bacon.
  2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.
    Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. Bacon.
  3. A composition of drugs. Shak.
  4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. ✍ The pharmacopoeias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.

Webster 1913