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confectionery

confectionery

1 3.0
Sweet foods like chocolate and candy that you eat for pleasure
  • noun
  • /kənˈfɛkʃənəri/
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  • She decided to treat herself to a delicious chocolate bar from the nearby confectionery.
  • confectionery treats
  • confectionery business
  • confectionery brands

Frozen yogurt, flavored milks, ice cream, confectionery, biscuits, tomato sauce.

Examples

  • From tasting samples of confectionery delights to admiring breathtaking bouquets, Josie takes full advantage of the opportunity to finalize her own wedding plans.

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  • For those that don't know, Pocky is a brand name confectionery product out of Japan that's been around for decades.

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  • We were munching confectionery chocolate and feeling good.

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  • This is the third year we have been offering this seasonal confectionery creation, and I can't get enough.

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  • The confectionery is so colorful and delicious-looking you'll end up drooling.

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  • The children eagerly picked out their favorite sweets at the local confectionery.

  • At the fair, the confectionery booth was filled with colorful candies and pastries.

Synonyms

candy
vsconfectionery
  • US
863 1.0

A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts

is one sweet while the key covers all sweets or a shop
candy store
vsconfectionery
  • US
17 1.0

A shop that sells candy and other sweets

also denotes the sweets in general rather than only the shop
confectionary
vsconfectionery
  • US
1 3.2

A shop that sells sweets like chocolate and toffees

also means the sweets themselves collectively not only a shop

Surface Forms

confectionery singular
confectioneries plural

Morphology

confectionery = confection (transparent) = confection + ery

The collective or mass-noun sense ('sweets collectively') follows directly from 'confection' + '-ery', a common pattern for collections.

Etymology

Confectionery comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and ficere 'to make', so it literally means things 'made together', which is why confectionery can mean sweets as a group—the treats people make from sugar and flavours.