Used in a Sentence

confectionery

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for confectionery.

Editorial note

Gluten-Free: Licorice candy is a type of confectionery that is made from the roots of the licorice plant.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

noun

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

noun

(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for confectionery.

Example sentences

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Gluten-Free: Licorice candy is a type of confectionery that is made from the roots of the licorice plant.

2

It seems several otherwise rational individuals turned into violently cupcake and confectionery haters during that whole debacle.

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Or, if you prefer the other way round, for a confectionery to devote itself to turnips.

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Also in confectionery where phase changes and structures are important (the canonical example being tempering).

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I can see a market for high-end restaurants, cake shops and confectionery shop to propose custom-made pieces.

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And then bake the URL into confectionery and call it a PyPIPyPyPi pie.

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Are candy/confectionery manufacturers supposed to feel guilty that they make stuff kids like and nag their parents to spend money on their products?

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Careful: The rate mentioned for alcoholic beverages (and confectionery) may include Excise Duty.

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It was actually the finest in British confectionery, with lashings of custard.

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I don't like cake, don't really eat any confectionery, don't even put sugar in my tea.

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If confectionery is so important why don't they smuggle some from Egypt.

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I was genuinely horrified that people would eat something that tasted that way as confectionery.

Quote examples

1

Well, so much for calling that new confectionery 3d printer "Instacandy".

2

This isn't US, so those rules don't apply ("a confectionery product with a non-nutritive object, partially or totally imbedded within it, cannot be sold within the United States") 2.

Proper noun examples

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Confectionery items on the other hand...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use confectionery in a sentence?

Gluten-Free: Licorice candy is a type of confectionery that is made from the roots of the licorice plant.

What does confectionery mean?

A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

What part of speech is confectionery?

confectionery is commonly used as noun.