CONFECTIONERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confectionery mean? 

• CONFECTIONERY (noun)
  The noun CONFECTIONERY has 3 senses:

1. candy and other sweets considered collectively

2. a confectioner's shop

3. the occupation and skills of a confectioner

  Familiarity information: CONFECTIONERY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFECTIONERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Candy and other sweets considered collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks

Hypernyms ("confectionery" is a kind of...):

confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A confectioner's shop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

candy store; confectionary; confectionery

Hypernyms ("confectionery" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "confectionery"):

tuck shop (a candy store in Great Britain)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The occupation and skills of a confectioner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("confectionery" is a kind of...):

business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)

 Context examples 

And so you think you were formed for one another, and are to go through a party-supper-table kind of life, like two pretty pieces of confectionery, do you, Trot?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"'Tisn't in mine head, it's in mine mouf," answered literal Demi, putting out his tongue, with a chocolate drop on it, thinking she alluded to confectionery, not ideas.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)