sweetness

Roget category 396

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#396. Sweetness

noun

sweetness, dulcitude^†.
sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna — confection, confectionary — sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture^†, jam, julep — sugar-candy, sugar-plum — licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat — apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose — maple sirup^†, maple syrup, maple sugar — mithai^†, sorghum, taffy.
nectar — hydromel^†, mead, meade^†, metheglin^†, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif.
[sources of sugar] sugar cane, sugar beets.
[sweet foods] desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food) 298.
dulcification^†, dulcoration^†.
sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose — artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low.

verb

be sweet etc. adj.. render sweet etc. adj. — sweeten — edulcorate^† — dulcorate^†, dulcify^† — candy — mull.

adjective

sweet — saccharine, sacchariferous^† — dulcet, candied, honied^†, luscious, lush, nectarious^†, melliferous^† — sweetened etc. v.. sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey.
sickly sweet.

phrase

eau sucr_ee [Fr.] — sweets to the sweet" [Hamlet].

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