Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. UK, plurale tantum Confectionery, candy.
- n. Plural form of sweet.
- n. A term of endearment; sweetheart.
Examples
“Two young girls, having been given some money to buy sweets from the corner shop.”
“The old ones were offered sacrificed animals, entertained and fed in exchange for gifts of sweets from the underworld.”
The Huffington Post: Donna Henes: Holy Halloween: A Day to Dance with Death
“I remember that I got lost coming back to her house once and went back down to the main road and crossed the footbridge to get some sweets from the garage in case I was out a long time.”
“Now, although this book could certainly provide guidelines for someone wanting to enter the pastry field, it is also an excellent read for those who are interested in sweets and baking.”
“The seeds are used in sweets as well, including the pumpkin and sesame seed candy called pepitoria, which resembles a nut brittle.”
“However, it strikes me as an illustration of a far more important principle too: it's only in having a symbol to react to rather than the thing itself that the innate response, the automatic grab for the bowl with more sweets, is circumvented.”
“Corey, well the falafel was followed by some sweets from a nearby bakery which I hadn't confessed to, so there was definitely no more room left”
“The most obvious aphrodisiac connected to sweets is chocolate so I thought I would travel down a different road and make a classic Banana Cream Pie.”
“And the owner would measure out the sweets from a glass jar into his scales and pop them in a white paper bag.”
“There were crowds outside the cinemas; and, Ramadan though it was, people were buying pistachio nuts and sweets from the confiseries — so called — that were open.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sweets’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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confectionary
lollies sweets
caramel gets 48 hits
chocolate gets 112 hits
nonpareil 83 hitsconfectionary, chocolate, chew, alcorza, taffy, lolly, sweets, blackball, bonbon, brickle, bubblegum, cachou and 137 more...
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The Motherland! (God Bless the Queen)
Words that remind me of England, which I miss very much.
snog, nappy, wanker, telly, knickers, crumpet, pants, bum, loo, bollocks, stroppy, whinge and 108 more...
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Dimélion's "Worst of"
my least-favorite words of all.
spittle, sweets, delicious, milk, tasty, treats, shitty, crappy, -ass, nice, dainty, y'all and 17 more...
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TN5 Lesson 51
dressing table, knock, anybody, ladder, gossip, fire, Santa Claus, snow, snowstorm, end, ever, shoulder and 16 more...
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lola's Words
piquant, buzzard, flutter, secret, purloin, swimmingly, tortilla, rascal, cloudless, squirrel, buddha, stevedore and 20 more...
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Best of weirdnet
buttocks, peeler, mum, sweets, tree, auld, bowery, pynchon, horror-stricken, and, tatou, scarf and 37 more...
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OM3 Lesson 31
weight, gain, pound, sweets, cut out, do, shows, rest, drive, cheer up, overworked, liquor and 13 more...
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candy
mint, bonbon, taffy, sweets, sugarcoat, dragee, fudge, candyfloss, sugarplum, truffle, fondant, comfit and 30 more...
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sweet nothings.
sweet names to sicken thy lover.
precious, sweetness, lovely, darling, cupcake, buttercup, honey bun, kitten, bunny, minx, kid, wanton and 52 more...
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adm's Words
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cuisiney
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sweets.

frindley Lollies, confectionery… yum! Oh, that would be candy too. Nov 12, 2008
adm what my dad calls my mom Dec 5, 2006