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- [sweet-meet]
- /ˈswitˌmit/
- /ˈswiːt.miːt/
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- [sweet-meet]
- /ˈswitˌmit/
Definitions of sweetmeat word
- noun sweetmeat a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry. 1
- noun sweetmeat 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. 1
- noun sweetmeat food: cake, sugary treat 1
- countable noun sweetmeat Sweetmeats are sweet items of food, especially ones that are considered special. 0
- noun sweetmeat a sweetened delicacy, such as a preserve, sweet, or, formerly, a cake or pastry 0
- noun sweetmeat any sweet food or delicacy prepared with sugar or honey, as a cake, confection, preserve, etc.; specif., a candy, candied fruit, etc. 0
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Origin of sweetmeat
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Old English swētmete (not recorded in ME); see sweet, meat
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Parts of speech for Sweetmeat
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sweetmeat popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
sweetmeat usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sweetmeat
noun sweetmeat
- candy — Candy is sweet foods such as toffees or chocolate.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- confit — Confit is meat such as goose or duck which has been cooked and preserved in its own fat.
- confiture — a confection, preserve of fruit, etc
- hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
Top questions with sweetmeat
- what is sweetmeat?
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