confectionary

  1. Adjective.  Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
  2. Adjective.  Prepared as a confection.
  3. Noun.  A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
  5. Noun.  (dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
  7. Noun.  (uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.

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