sweetmeat
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweetmeat in British English:
UK [ˈswi:tmi:t]
How to pronounce sweetmeat in American English:
US [ˈswitˌmit]
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- Noun:
- a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
Word Origin
- sweetmeat (n.)
- "a sweet thing to eat," Old English swete mete; see sweet (adj.) + meat (n.).
Example
- 1. When bits of sweetmeat lodged in the teeth , the sucket fork doubled as a nifty toothpick .
- 2. Psychologist kurt lewin discovered that women -- the gatekeepers of the family diet -- began to reconsider their opinion of sweetmeat through conversations they had with each other .