Meaning & use
Confectionery
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Sweets and candies collectively, or a shop or business that makes and sells them.
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The bakery's confectionery counter was piled high with chocolates and marzipan figures.
She trained as a chef specializing in confectionery, crafting elaborate sugar sculptures.
A note on using this word
Confectionery comes from 'confection,' from Latin 'conficere' (to prepare or put together), reflecting the careful mixing involved in candy-making.
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