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The correct spelling is confections.
How to pronounce confections
noun
Say it like: Con-fec-sho-ns
The correct spelling is confections. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake. For example: "The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections."
Usage Examples
“The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.”
“The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- 2.The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
- 3.The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
- 4.An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
- 5.Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
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