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81candy — n confectionery, confection, sweets, sweet, sweetmeat; bonbon, fondant, comfit, sugarplum, sugar candy; taffy, butterscotch, praline, peanut brittle; fudge, cream, nougat, toffee, caramel, chocolate; mint, peppermint, kiss, lollipop, sucker;… …
82confection — n 1. composition, concoction, making; manufacture, production, preparation. 2. candy, sweet, sweetmeat, bonbon, comfit, dainty, confectionary; preserve, conserve, confect, confiture …
83conserve — v 1. preserve, keep, save, protect, guard, shield; take care of, maintain, keep up, support. 2. save, use sparingly, Inf. go easy on, reserve, set aside, spare, leave alone. n 3.Often conserves compote, fruit soup; preserves, jam, marmalade,… …
84dainty — adj 1. exquisite, delicate, fine; beautiful, lovely, pretty, fair, goodlooking, handsome, comely, becoming, flattering; tasteful, refined, elegant, graceful, artistic, aesthetic; neat, petite, smart, trim, minion, fine, natty, spruce, Chiefly… …
85lozenge — n tablet, pill, pastille, drop, cough drop. Pharm. troche, Both Pharm., Vet. Med. bolus, electuary; comfit, bonbon, sweet, sweetmeat, sugarplum, jujube …
86pastille — n 1. lozenge, tablet, pill, Pharm. troche, jujube, drop, cough drop, Pharm., Vet. Med. bolus; hard candy, candy, confection, bonbon, sugarplum, sweetmeat, comfit. 2. deodorizer, room deodorizer or deodorant, air freshener, Trademark. Airwick… …
87preserve — v 1. keep alive, conserve, sustain; reserve, save, spare; keep; keep going, extend, lengthen, perpetuate, prolong; maintain, keep up, continue, uphold. 2. keep safe, save, safeguard, shelter, shield, screen; guard, watch over, protect, defend;… …
88spread — v 1.Often spread out stretch, extend, enlarge, widen, broaden, augment, aggrandize, amplify; stretch out, draw out, lengthen, elongate, protract, prolongate, drag out; expand, dilate, distend, swell, bloat; grow, develop, increase, advance,… …
89sweetmeat — n confection, confiture, confectionary, candy, sweet, sweets; bonbon, fondant, comfit, sugarplum, sugar candy; taffy, butterscotch, praline, peanut brittle; fudge, cream, nougat, toffee, caramel, chocolate; mint, peppermint, kiss, lollipop,… …
90confetti — con•fet•ti [[t]kənˈfɛt i[/t]] n. 1) (used with a sing. v.) small bits of paper, usu. colored, thrown or dropped from a height at festive events, as parades 2) candies; bonbons • Etymology: 1805–15; < It, pl. of confetto comfit …
