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.

To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

plural of confection

simple past tense and past participle of confection

present participle of confection

(transitive) To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.

(obsolete) A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.

simple past tense and past participle of confect

plural of confect

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confect