comfitnoun [ C ]
/ˈkʌm.fɪt//ˈkʌm.fɪt/old usean old-fashioned sweet made of a nut, seed, or piece of dried fruit with a hard sugar covering:
She brought out a box of comfits.
More examples
- Crowned with its frothy whip and scattered with coloured comfits, the trifle was a very pretty dish for a party.
- The dragee is a direct descendant of the English comfit, which, sadly, is no longer with us.
- Alice presented the animals with comfits from her pocket.
- The picture shows blue-and-white porcelain dishes filled with comfits and sweetmeats.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sweets
- almond paste
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- boiled sweet
- cinnamon bun
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cotton candy
- dark chocolate
- liquorice
- lollipop
- lolly
- marshmallow
- marzipan
- stick of rock
- sweetie
- sweetmeat
- sweety
- toffee
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