confectionery

• confectionary (archaic or dated)

From confection +‎ -ery.

• IPA^(key): /kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/, /kənˈfɛkʃənɹi/

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confectionery (usually uncountable, plural confectioneries)

1. (uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
2. (uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
3. A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

• Confectionery is divided into two subtypes: flour confectionery, which includes pastries, cakes, and sweet baked goods (but not ordinary bread), and sugar confectionery, which includes hard candies, chocolates, and sometimes ice cream. In British English, confectionery without any further descriptor primarily refers to sugar confectionery. In American English, it usually refers to flour confectionery.

• (sweet foodstuffs, collectively): candy (US), sweets (UK)
• (business of manufacturing confectionery): sweet-making, sweet manufacture
• (shop where confectionery is sold): confectioner's, candy store (US), sweet shop (UK)

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