Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confectionery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confectionery \Con*fec"tion*er*y\, n.
1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a
confectioner; confections; candies.
2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are
made or sold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confectionery
n 1: a food rich in sugar [syn: {sweet}, {confection}]
2: a confectioner's shop [syn: {candy store}, {tuck shop}]
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