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sweetener
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sweetener is a substance, most commonly a sugar substitute (artificial sweetener), added to food to give it the basic taste of sweetness. Other common sweeteners include: Sugar Sugar alcohol Fructose , or fruit sugar High fructose corn syrup Honey Sucrose ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetening ] anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait , come-on , hook , lure ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES artificial sweeteners (= used to make food or drink taste sweeter ) ▪ Diet drinks contain artificial sweeteners like saccharin. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE artificial ▪ Add the artificial sweetener to taste ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, agent noun from sweeten (v.).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweetener \Sweet"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.
Usage examples of sweetener.
Then he thought of Melilot and her beauty laid fast under a charm, and drawing a full breath he laid his lips containing the ring, the Sweetener, to the lips of the Worm.
Sometimes flavored with almond or vanilla, amasake is a natural rice-based sweetener with a mild flavor.
Apparently, somebody had alerted the chef to the dietary restrictions of the Coalition agents, because the breakfast options included a kashalike grain, cooked into porridge and served with some sort of legume milk and a sweetener reminiscent of molasses in its sulfury richness.
Modisett and the big black box, about how the Phantom Sweetener had deconvolved her, and about Bill Tidy.
Clodagh delayed answering until she had served her guests coffee and freshly baked hot cinnamon rolls, and placed a pitcher of milk and a huge bowl of sweetener before them.
The servitor had already added the proper amounts of lightener and sweetener.
Also, natsach left no unpleasant aftertaste and did not cause disease, the way artificial sweeteners did.
Both the Low Kingdoms and Outremer are going to end up losing some territory, so both sides are throwing in lucrative trade deals as sweeteners to help the medicine go down.