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Answer for the clue "Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter ", 10 letters:
sweetening

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweeten \Sweet"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sweetened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweetening .] [See Sweet , a.] To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. To make ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 See long sweetening and short sweetening. 2 A sweetener. vb. (present participle of sweeten English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sweetening is the process of making food more sweet . Wikipedia does not yet have an article on this process. Sweetening may also refer to: Copper sweetening , a petroleum refining process Food sweetening , adding the basic taste of sweetness to a food ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetener ] an improvement that makes something more agreeable [syn: enhancement ] the act of adding a sweetener to food

Usage examples of sweetening.

Her final arpeggio climbed up the neck, sweetening as it did so, until the last note rang out, shimmering: the gracious smile of a Goddess.

Under the name of Dulcinol, a mixture of Manna and common salt has been recommended by Steinberg in 1906 as a sweetening agent in diabetes, the dose 1/2 to 1 OZ.

A few of these would go a long way toward sweetening Ringwall's sour temper when she gave her expense report.

By the time she had carried in the groceries and stored the perishables in the refrigerator, the light breeze had gone a long way toward sweetening the air.

We ate beans, beef, and sourdough bread, and we had molasses for sweetening.

It was as though they were grains of sugar sweetening the cup of life, for right then and there the man who had but recently tried to take his own life was finding that life very worth the living.