CONFECTIONERY

Confectionery

Confectionery is related to the food items that are rich in sugar and often referred to as a confection. Confectionery refers to the art of creating sugar based dessert forms, or subtleties, often with pastillage. From the Old French confection, origin of Latin confectio, from conficere, to "put together".

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confectionery

Noun

  1. Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
  2. The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
  3. A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.


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