confectionary
A candy, sweetmeat; a confectionA candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
» I don't know how to get to the confectionary.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)One who makes confections; a confectioner.
a confectioner's shop
Examples
4 sentencesI don't know how to get to the confectionary.
Which confectionary do you prefer, "Mushroom Mountain" or "Bamboo Village"?
I eat Japanese pumpkin confectionaries.
The Spanish officers had provided music for their entertainment, and oranges and confectionary were handed about.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), fromFrom Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. By surface analysis, confection + -ary.
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Forms
plural: confectionaries| Singular | confectionary |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a confectioner's shop:confectionerycandy store
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.