sweetening

[ sweet-n-ing, sweet-ning ]
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noun
  1. something that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc.

  2. the process of causing something to be or become sweet.

Origin of sweetening

1
First recorded in 1585–95; sweeten + -ing1

Words Nearby sweetening

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How to use sweetening in a sentence

  • Which was another endearing way of the Little Doctor's—the way of sweetening all her lectures with something very nice at the end.

    The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
  • The forests yielded game, as well as fruits and wild grapes, and honey for sweetening.

    The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
  • This is used quite extensively as a sweetening agent in canned sweet corn, and other similar products.

  • To these two ingredients may be added sweetening in the form of sugar, sirup, honey, etc. and flavoring of any desirable kind.

    Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

British Dictionary definitions for sweetening

sweetening

/ (ˈswiːtənɪŋ) /


noun
  1. something that sweetens

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