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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Confection (0.00853 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Confection.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: confection
manisan, pakaian konfeksi, pembuluh, permen
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: confection
confection
n 1: a food rich in sugar [syn:
sweet,
confectionery]
2: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup
etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
[syn:
concoction]
v : make into a confection;
“This medicine is home-confected”
[syn:
confect,
comfit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Confection
Confection
\Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]
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A new confection of mold. --Bacon.
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2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a
sweetmeat.
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Certain confections . . . are like to candied
conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
--Bacon.
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3. A composition of drugs. --Shak.
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4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
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Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias 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.
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