confectionary
/K AH0 N F EH1 K SH AH0 N EH0 R IY0/noun
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A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
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(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
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(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
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Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”). [(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.]
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(uncountable) Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”). [(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.]
adjective
- 1
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
- 2
Prepared as a confection.
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