sweetening
something that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc.
the process of causing something to be or become sweet.
Origin of sweetening
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How to use sweetening in a sentence
Both of these concoctions are perfect for flavoring and sweetening cocktails and other beverages, like spritzers and teas.
Craft herbaceous homemade drinks with simple syrup infusions | LaVonne Roberts | August 26, 2021 | Popular-Science“sweetening the pot,” “upping the ante,” “showing your cards,” “folding your hand”—all those clichés stem from poker for a reason.
Freshly grated pear barely needs any sweetening, which is why we encourage you to make the pear puree yourself.
sweetening the deal was the prize Best secured for the winner: lunch with Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo!
A small lump of sugar, sir, will take the flatness out of the seltzer without noticeably sweetening the drink, sir.
You Never Can Tell | George Bernard Shaw
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 BowerThe forests yielded game, as well as fruits and wild grapes, and honey for sweetening.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin OggThis is used quite extensively as a sweetening agent in canned sweet corn, and other similar products.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants | Edwin M. BruceTo 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
/ (ˈswiːtənɪŋ) /
something that sweetens
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