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UK
/kənfˈɛkʃənəɹi/
]
[ US /kənˈfɛkʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
[ US /kənˈfɛkʃəˌnɛɹi/ ]
NOUN
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candy and other sweets considered collectively
the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks - a confectioner's shop
- the occupation and skills of a confectioner
How To Use confectionery In A Sentence
- Casey James Confectionery Store has sold sweets and candies on St Mary's Street, off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, since 1954.
- Secondly, I would like to point out that we are not talking about sweeties, confectionery, or cakes, but about medicines and pharmaceuticals.
- The idea to start manufacturing their own confectionery formed when they started giving their own handmade chocolates to friends as Christmas presents.
- Never mind that this was originally a pagan festival; the taint of necromancy (communing with the dead) has been overpowered by a commercialised confectionery fest.
- Sarah Pickin, 23, spotted the ancient piece of "confectionery" during a dig in north-west Finland, but had to check with colleagues whether her hunch was correct or if it was in fact a fossilised piece of animal dung. Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum | Impact Lab
- Often attributed to excessive consumption of confectionery, though there is no evidence that dietary factors are responsible. The Dictionary of Nutritional Health
- Drinks and confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes jumped 5p to 479p ahead of results out later this week.
- In the confectionery industry today, fruit pastes appear to have been reduced to a minor role as centres for fondant, chocolates, and dragées.
- Sometimes the colouring is permitted only on the outside of foods, especially confectionery, but usually it is permitted throughout the food. E For Additives
- As confectionery, they differ depending on the temperature at which they are cooked: fudge is the softest, toffee firmer and caramel almost brittle.