confect

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
• Syn:
candy
• Hypernyms:
sweet, confection
• Hyponyms:
candy bar, carob bar, hard candy, brandyball, patty,
bonbon, brittle, toffee, toffy, butterscotch, candy cane,
candy corn, caramel, cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss, dragee,
fondant, fudge, gumdrop, honey crisp, mint, mint candy,
horehound, jelly bean, jelly egg, kiss, candy kiss, licorice,
liquorice, Life Saver, lollipop, sucker, all-day sucker, lozenge,
marshmallow, marzipan, marchpane, nougat, nougat bar, nut bar,
peanut bar, popcorn ball, praline, rock candy, rock, sugar candy,
sugarplum, taffy, truffle, chocolate truffle, Turkish Delight, Easter egg

II - verb

1. make or construct
• Hypernyms:
produce, make, create
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make into a confection
- This medicine is home-confected
• Syn:
confection, comfit
• Derivationally related forms:
confection (for: confection), confection
• Hypernyms:
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something