sweet
- adjective
- /swiːt/
Examples
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It's simple, it's sweet, but it's organic, it's delicious and it's fresh.
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Pour sweet cream on it.
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Isobel cleaned the windows and somehow forced them open, letting in the sweet fresh air.
Fiction book (1990) -
It smells really sweet and sugary.
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For refreshments, their mothers served sweet, tender roots, lots of honey, some nuts, and fresh berries and fruits.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dinner was wonderful: huge platters of lasagna, soft hot rolls with sweet butter, and salad for greenery.
Fiction book (1990) -
The fresh fruit tasted sweet and juicy, perfect for a hot summer day.
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She enjoyed a sweet glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast.
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The milk was still sweet and creamy, ideal for making a rich yogurt.
Synonyms
Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled
Not changed by tiny living things that make food sour or turn it into alcohol
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Quick and pleasant without extra detail, often about a talk or message
To do small kind things that make a team feel happy and work well together
Compounds
A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young
- Offensive
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
Dark, sweet wine made stronger with alcohol and flavored with herbs for cocktails
A gentle type of jazz with a steady beat, medium speed, little improvisation, and a warm clear melody
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night
A garden flower with dense clusters of small flat-topped flowers and a pleasant smell
- US
A small tree or bush from the southeastern United States with fragrant white flowers
A large tree from eastern North America that makes sweet edible nuts and useful wood
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- Australian
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
A European plant with a vanilla smell and white to pink flowers that grows in wet places
An American plant with a sweet smell, broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers
A sweet alcoholic drink made with cherries, often used in cocktails or desserts
- UK
A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste
A leafy wildflower with sweet-smelling white or pale pink trumpet flowers that blooms late afternoon
- US
A North American bush that people use to make jam and wine from its purple-black berries
A plant like chamomile that grows for one year, tastes more bitter, and helps mild stomach problems
A bush with spikes of sweet-smelling white flowers that grows near streams and coasts and attracts bees
A plant that has sweet-smelling flowers and grows in sandy places like deserts
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Etymology
Sweet comes from Old English swete meaning 'pleasant' and long ago also 'not sour'. That is why 'sweet milk' means fresh milk that has not become sour or fermented.