The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
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.
A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
The act of preparing or getting ready.
The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
The state of being prepared; readiness.
Devotional exercises introducing an office.
Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.