present participle of confect

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets and candies, and other sweet food items).

cream used by confectioners to make pies etc.

Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. / Prepared as a confection.

A candy, sweetmeat; a confection. / (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory. / (dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

plural of confectionary

(Eastern US) Powdered sugar.

plural of confectioner's cream

plural of confectioner