confectionery
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
candy and other sweets considered collectively
the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks
Types & categories
- confection hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a confectioner's shop
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
the occupation and skills of a confectioner
Types & categories
- occupation hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | confection |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tuck shop |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | occupation |