confectionery
noun
candy or other confections collectively.
confectioneries
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pluralof confectionery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Consumption was negatively associated with the intake of healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables and pulses, and positively associated with the consumption of confectioneries.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
And her line of the family happened to inherit Cheil Jedang, CJ, which was a food supplier at the time, just cheap confectioneries and all that.
From The Verge ● Apr. 10, 2020
Some of us," said he, "love to deck ourselves in academic confectioneries, but the old breeze of American ridicule will save us from carrying our mortar boards too high.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Detroit, a man confessed to breaking into 13 confectioneries to stuff himself with fancy desserts.
From Time Magazine Archive
All rich food, such as pastry, cakes, confectioneries, gravies and fat meats should be avoided.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Sylvanus Stall
