confectionary

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You'll find it on confectionary packaging to describe the contents.

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Quick take

A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of confectionary gathered in one view.

noun

A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.

adjective

Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.

adjective

Prepared as a confection.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for confectionary.

noun

A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.

adjective

Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.

adjective

Prepared as a confection.

noun

Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”). [(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.]

Example sentences

You'll find it on confectionary packaging to describe the contents.

Despite being few in number, they had many sectors of industry sewn up, notably confectionary and soap.

But I bet you'll see a Martha Stewart-branded 3d printer within a few years that's optimized for confectionary use.

As much as Material-era numbered releases have a style, I miss the personality of the confectionary-themed marketing.

I find the thought of dead babies in Africa tends to put me off my confectionary.

It’s incredibly wholesome to have a Danish grandma handle the confectionary stand.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if there's a wholesale confectionary market of some sort that meets once a month or whatever.

I think of it whenever I buy a confectionary item, invariably for multiple dollars.

After all, most of us are not building the guidance control for space probes, so who cares if Angry Confectionary Squashing Avians crashes once in a while?

That is assuming google follows the alphabetic confectionary nomenclature.

So in England there are the traditional corner shops that sell some food (mostly not fresh), confectionary, alcohol and soft drinks, newspapers, and cigarettes.

I liked the unveils of the confectionary themed Androids on the campus!

Quote examples

"Alphabetic confectionary nomenclature" is a fantastic phrase, and I regret that I will have great difficulty finding another use for it.

A confectionary company invented a type of bubble gum (called "Umpty Candy") that became addictive not because it had any drugs in it, but because they kept optimising the taste until it became too delicious to refuse.

I knew a guy who, hitting fifty or so, with more time on his hands, got really into collecting the wrappers of "Tunnock's Tea Cakes", which are a confectionary product housed in elegant gold packaging.

Republic of Ireland passed a Gay Marriage referendum last week while at the same time in NI a confectionary baker "Ashers" in Northern Ireland refused to serve a gay man who requested a cake that had support for gay marriage iced on the cake.