confectioner
/kənˈfekʃənə/noun
उच्चारण कन्फ़ेक्शन
हलवाई, मिठाई बनाने या बेचने वाला, कन्फेक्शनर
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a person or business that makes or sells sweets, chocolates and cakes
हलवाई, मिठाई बनाने या बेचने वाला, कन्फेक्शनर
- We ordered the wedding sweets from a famous confectioner in Old Delhi.
- The confectioner's window was full of chocolates.
- The confectioner makes fresh laddoos every morning.
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- A local confectioner won a prize for his chocolate cakes.
- Her uncle is a confectioner who supplies sweets to all the weddings in town.
Synonyms sweet maker pastry cook
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a confectioner (person) / confectioner's (shop)
A confectioner makes or sells sweets and cakes; the shop is called a confectioner's, with an apostrophe s.
'Confectioner' मिठाई या केक बनाने या बेचने वाला व्यक्ति है; दुकान को 'confectioner's' कहते हैं, जिसमें apostrophe s लगता है।
- The confectioner decorated the cake with roses.
- We bought sweets at the confectioner's near the station.
confectioner + of / for
A confectioner can be described by what he makes: a confectioner of chocolates or a confectioner for the royal family.
'Confectioner' को उसके बनाए सामान से बताया जा सकता है: a confectioner of chocolates।
- He is a confectioner of fine chocolates.
- The family became confectioners for the palace.
confectionery (uncountable)
Confectionery is the general uncountable word for sweets, chocolates and cakes; confectioner is the maker or seller.
'Confectionery' मिठाई, चॉकलेट और केक के लिए सामान्य uncountable शब्द है; 'confectioner' उसे बनाने या बेचने वाला है।
- The shop sells confectionery and cold drinks.
- Confectionery is popular at Diwali.
confectioner's sugar
In American English, confectioner's sugar is very fine powdered sugar; the British equivalent is icing sugar.
अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी में 'confectioner's sugar' बहुत महीन पिसी चीनी है; ब्रिटिश समतुल्य 'icing sugar' है।
- Dust the cake with confectioner's sugar.
- British recipes call it icing sugar.
+Collocations 5
adjective + confectioner
skilledmasterlocalfamousfamily-runexpert
- A master confectioner made the wedding sweets.
verb + confectioner
train aswork asbecomevisithire
- She trained as a confectioner after school.
confectioner's + noun
shopsugarwindowstock
- The confectioner's window was full of sweets.
confectioner + makes
cakestoffeeschocolatespastriessweets
- The confectioner makes pastries every morning.
confectioner + noun
shopapronovenstall
- The confectioner's oven was busy before Eid.
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- The confectioner on Gandhi Road is famous for his barfi.
गांधी रोड का हलवाई अपनी बर्फ़ी के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।
- Radhika ordered her birthday cake from a confectioner.
राधिका ने अपने जन्मदिन का केक एक कंफ़ेक्शनर से मँगवाया।
- The confectioner's was crowded the day before Diwali.
दीवाली से एक दिन पहले मिठाई की दुकान पर भीड़ थी।
- Her grandfather was a confectioner who made sweets for weddings.
उसके दादा एक हलवाई थे जो शादियों के लिए मिठाइयाँ बनाते थे।
- A skilled confectioner can shape sugar into flowers.
एक कुशल कंफ़ेक्शनर चीनी को फूलों के आकार में ढाल सकता है।
- The confectioner packed the sweets in a neat box tied with ribbon.
कंफ़ेक्शनर ने मिठाइयाँ रिबन से बँधे साफ़ डिब्बे में पैक कीं।
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Synonyms
sweet maker pastry cook
AaSpelling
The sweets, or the shop that sells them, are confectionery, with -ery (not 'confectionary').
मिठाइयों या उनकी दुकान के लिए confectionery लिखा जाता है, जिसके अंत में -ery है ('confectionary' नहीं)।