confectionery, confectionary, candy store
(noun) a confectioner’s shop
Source: WordNet® 3.1
confectionary (not comparable)
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
Prepared as a confection.
confectionary (countable and uncountable, plural confectionaries)
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fec"tion*a*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.]
Definition: A confectioner. [Obs.] He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1 Sam. viii. 13.
Con*fec"tion*a*ry, a.
Definition: Prepared as a confection. The biscuit or confectionary plum. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
