COMFIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comfit mean? 

• COMFIT (noun)
  The noun COMFIT has 1 sense:

1. candy containing a fruit or nut

  Familiarity information: COMFIT used as a noun is very rare.

• COMFIT (verb)
  The verb COMFIT has 1 sense:

1. make into a confection

  Familiarity information: COMFIT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMFIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Candy containing a fruit or nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("comfit" is a kind of...):

confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)

• COMFIT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into a confection

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

comfit; confect; confection

Context example:

This medicine is home-confected

Hypernyms (to "comfit" is one way to...):

assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“True, my sweet bird, true,” answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)