confectionery

noun

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con·fec·tion·ery | \ kən-ˈfek-shə-ˌner-ē

plural confectioneries

Definition of confectionery

1 : the confectioner's art or business

2 : sweet foods (such as candy or pastry)

3 : a confectioner's shop

Examples of confectionery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Owners are searching for new ownership to update and run the aging confectionery. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida restaurants: Now open, coming soon and closed," 1 Apr. 2021 Owners are searching for new ownership to update and run the aging confectionery. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida restaurants: Now open, coming soon and closed," 1 Apr. 2021 Owners are searching for new ownership to update and run the aging confectionery. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida restaurants: Now open, coming soon and closed," 18 Mar. 2021 Owners are searching for new ownership to update and run the aging confectionery. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida restaurants: Now open, coming soon and closed," 11 Mar. 2021 Owners are searching for new ownership to update and run the aging confectionery. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida restaurants: Now open, coming soon and closed," 25 Feb. 2021 Schneider responded by off-loading the U.S. confectionery and ice cream businesses as well as the skin-care subsidiary. — Corinne Gretler, Fortune, "This snack food giant wants to wean us off our lockdown cravings," 7 Nov. 2020 Before the pandemic struck, Unilever and Nestle moved to revamp their portfolios, with the Swiss company shedding its U.S. confectionery arm while the Marmite owner sold its spreads business. — Thomas Buckley, Bloomberg.com, "Unilever Boosted by Cleaners and Ice Cream During Pandemic," 22 Oct. 2020 The third kind of 5G – often described as the middle layer in a cake – relies on mid-band frequencies, between the mass-market dessert that is low-band 5G and the exquisite confectionery that is millimeter-wave 5G. — Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, "On Apple iPhone 12, it's a battle of the 5G bands among AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile," 14 Oct. 2020

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