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- Dictionarysweetmeat/ˈswiːtmiːt/
noun
- 1. an item of confectionery or sweet food: archaic "he hurried back to his room like a schoolboy who has stolen a sweetmeat"
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Sweetmeat is a noun that means a food rich in sugar, such as a candied fruit or candy. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Sweetmeat is an old-fashioned word for a small piece of sweet food, made of or covered in sugar. Learn more about its meaning, pronunciation, synonyms and usage with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and the Hansard archive.
Sweetmeat is an old-fashioned term for a small piece of sweet food, made of or covered in sugar. Learn more about its meaning, pronunciation, synonyms and usage with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Sweetmeat definition: a sweet delicacy, as a candy or candied fruit, or, originally, a cake or pastry.. See examples of SWEETMEAT used in a sentence.
1. a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry. 2. (usually sweetmeats) any sweet delicacy of the confectionery or candy kind, as candied fruit, sugar-covered nuts, sugarplums, bonbons, or balls or sticks of candy.
Sweetmeat is a noun that means a sweetened delicacy, such as a candy or a preserve. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of sweetmeat in different languages from various sources.
Definition of sweetmeat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
