1. candy and other sweet foods
2. a shop that sells candy and sweet foods
3. the business or art of making candy and sweet foods

Examples

• The store’s confectionery section was filled with chocolates and gummies.
• She bought some confectionery for the party.
• The local confectionery has been making handmade chocolates for fifty years.
• He learned the art of confectionery from his grandmother.
• The confectionery display case was beautifully arranged.
• Children pressed their faces against the confectionery shop window.
• The hotel lobby featured an elegant confectionery counter.