Confectionery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confectionery \Con*fec"tion*er*y\, n.
     1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a
        confectioner; confections; candies.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are


        made or sold.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confectionery
       n 1: a food rich in sugar [syn: {sweet}, {confection}]
       2: a confectioner's shop [syn: {candy store}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "confectionery":
     Jell-O, antique store, apothecary, automobile showroom, blancmange,
     bookstore, bootery, candy, candy store, chemist, cigar store,
     clothiers, clothing store, comfit, compote, confection, confiture,
     conserve, dress shop, drugstore, dry goods store, florists,
     frosting, fur salon, furniture store, gelatin, gift shop, glaze,
     haberdashery, hardware store, hat shop, hobby shop, honey, icing,
     ironmongery, jam, jelly, jewelers, jewelry store,
     leather goods store, liquor store, luggage shop, marmalade,
     meringue, milliners, mousse, novelty shop, package store, pharmacy,
     preserve, saddlery, schlock house, schlock shop, secondhand shop,
     secondhand store, shoe store, smoke shop, specialty shop,
     sporting goods store, stationers, stationery store, sweater shop,
     sweet, sweet shop, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, thrift shop,
     tobacco store, tobacconists, toy shop, trimming store,
     tutti-frutti, used-car lot, whipped cream