Comfit

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  • noun. A confection that consists of a piece of fruit, a seed, or a nut coated with sugar.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any kind of fruit or root preserved with sugar and dried; a ball of sugar with a seed in the center; a bonbon.
  • To make a comfit of; preserve dry with sugar.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
  • transitive verb. To preserve dry with sugar.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.
  • noun. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
  • verb. To preserve dry with sugar.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. candy containing a fruit or nut
  • verb. make into a confection
    • Word Usage
    "Sister Celestine had invented a new kind of comfit which she begged Euphrosyne to try, leaving a paper of sweetmeats on her table for that purpose."
    cross-reference
    bonbon  discomfit  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assemble  confection  piece  put together  set up  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bird's nest  blab  lollipop  nectarine  nutcake  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Jell-O  blancmange  candy  compote  confection  
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