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sweetmeat

noun
sweet·​meat | \ ˈswÄ“t-ËŒmÄ“t How to pronounce sweetmeat (audio) \

Definition of sweetmeat

: a food rich in sugar: such as
a : a candied or crystallized fruit
b : candy, confection
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Synonyms for sweetmeat

Synonyms

confection, sweet

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Examples of sweetmeat in a Sentence

16th-century Naples carried on a vast export trade in silks and sweetmeats

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 So off the two ran to Loxy’s den, where Loxy began to speed-read his handy-dandy cookbook about slicing and dicing sweetmeat and Tex Mex green beans and chugalugging them down with mai tais, Tia Marias, pale ale and near beer. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Once upon a rhyme time: the tale of Chicken Licken," 6 July 2019 In a tiny shop by the gate, the delicious sweetmeat has been made every day for the past 164 years with a recipe so secret the original handwritten copy is kept in the vault of a local bank. — Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, "Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?," 20 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of sweetmeat

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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sweetmeat

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English Language Learners Definition of sweetmeat

old-fashioned : a piece of candy or a piece of fruit covered with sugar

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sweetmeat

noun
sweet·​meat | \ ˈswÄ“t-ËŒmÄ“t How to pronounce sweetmeat (audio) \

Kids Definition of sweetmeat

: a food (as a piece of candy or candied fruit) rich in sugar

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