Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
- noun Sweet preparations; confections.
- noun Obsolete A confectioner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of, or prepared as, a confection; prepared or preserved with sugar.
- noun A confectioner.
- noun A room in which confections are kept or made.
- noun A confectioner's shop. See
confectionery . - noun A drug-shop, or place where medicines are compounded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A confectioner.
- adjective Prepared as a confection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to, or of the nature of
confections or their production. - adjective Prepared as a confection.
- noun A
candy ,sweetmeat ; aconfection . - noun obsolete A place where confections are
manufactured , stored; aconfectory . - noun dated A confectioner's shop; a
confectionery . - noun obsolete One who makes confections; a
confectioner . - noun uncountable, rare
Candy ,sweets , taken collectively;confectionery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a confectioner's shop
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word confectionary.
Examples
-
Bill Clinton would walk around nude, covered in confectionary sugar if he thought it would get votes (sorry for the image.)
-
Always homemade and intensely flavored, Chef Ann Hickey Williams has created the ultimate in confectionary delights.
-
The mention of the word confectionary, in the last paragraph, brings to my mind a congregated host of evils which befall young women, as the legitimate consequences of its use.
The Young Woman's Guide William A. Alcott 1824
-
The confectionary, which is the test of a lady's proficiency in gastronomic science, was of great variety, and exceedingly good.
-
"I am hopeful they will call the confectionary business Cadbury"
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
-
The retailer says the confectionary, which is handmade by Melt, "makes for a wise investment".
unknown title 2009
-
Wagashi is a type of confectionary which is handmade, takes a few years ?
Japan Trip April 7th (day 7): Wagashi, Ninja district, bento boxes and domestics Elizabeth McClung 2008
-
Wagashi is a type of confectionary which is handmade, takes a few years ?
Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
-
But she smiled with a kind of confectionary sweetness on him; and, dropping an additional lump of sugar into his tea at the same moment, placed it for him beside herself; while he went and shook hands with his father, and then glancing shyly up at
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
-
Smart Supermarket will be using the internationally famous Green Dot ™ symbol on its own branded food products such as confectionary and freshly baked products.
MaltaMedia.com 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.