Definition of confectionery
confectioneries
1 : the confectioner's art or business
2 : sweet foods (such as candy or pastry)
3 : a confectioner's shop
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Recent Examples of confectionery from the Web
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Schneider has launched a share buyback and put Nestle’s U.S. confectionery business under review for a possible sale while indicating that further changes are in store.
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Thank goodness for Wockenfuss Candies, a Baltimore confectionery institution since 1915.
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Malaysia has 51 chocolate manufacturers and confectioneries and 194 local chocolate producers, selling about 1.095 billion ringgit a year, according to cocoa board data.
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Amsterdam (CNN)From its base in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, a confectionery company is doing its bit to fight modern-day slavery.
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Ferrero claims that retailers are very supportive of Kinder Joy's launch because there hasn't been a ton of major innovation in the confectionery aisle in recent years.
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Here is art that turns confectionery into both rarefaction and panache.
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The best desserts in the city can be found in confectionery house Valentin & Valentina Shtefanyo (Dukhnovycha St, 16, Uzhhorod).
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These are not finicky, French-style confectioneries, though.
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First Known Use of confectionery
1751
CONFECTIONERY Defined for English Language Learners
confectionery
playDefinition of confectionery for English Language Learners
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: sweet foods (such as fudge and candy)
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