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Definition of Confectionery

1. Noun. Candy and other sweets considered collectively. "The business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks"

2. Noun. A confectioner's shop.

3. Noun. The occupation and skills of a confectioner.

Definition of Confectionery

1. n. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

Definition of Confectionery

1. Noun. Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively. ¹

2. Noun. The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner. ¹

3. Noun. A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confectionery

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Confectionery

confectio confection confectionaries confectionary confectioned confectioner confectioner's confectioner's cream confectioner's creams confectioneress

confectioneresses confectioneries confectioners confectioners' sugar confectioners sugar confectionery (current term) confectioning confections confectory confects

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Literary usage of Confectionery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations by Seymour Dwight Thompson (1910)
"To purchase, manufacture, sell and deal in sugar, glucose, candy, confectionery, ice, ice cream, water ices, fruit syrups, chocolate, licorice, chewing gum, ..."

2. Adulterations Detected; Or, Plain Instructions for the Discovery of Frauds by Arthur Hill Hassall (1857)
"COLOURED SUGAR confectionery. THE adulteration of articles of sugar confectionery is a subject of the very greatest importance in a sanitary point of view ..."

3. Hand Book of the United States Tariff: Containing the Tariff Act of 1913 by Vandegrift, F.B., & Co, United States (1913)
"confectionery, caramels and other confectionery, manufactured from Imported ... confectionery, fig confections and sweet orange slices, manufactured by the ..."

4. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1904)
"ANALYSIS OF confectionery.—The following have been submitted by the author as ... (2) confectionery in Layers or Sections of Different Composition. ..."

5. Food: Its Adulterations, and the Methods for Their Detection by Arthur Hill Hassall (1876)
"COLOURED SUGAR confectionery. DEFINITION OF ADULTERATION. Any foreign substances added for the sake of bulk, whether vegetable or mineral, such as plaster ..."

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