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Sweet Swiːt Boiled I Made Noun Bre Packet

Word sweet
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / swiːt / NAmE / swiːt /
Example
  • a packet of boiled sweets
  • a sweet shop
  • i was sucking a boiled sweet.
  • i haven't made a sweet today.
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sweet

(noun)BrE / swiːt / NAmE / swiːt /
  1. a small piece of sweet food, usually made with sugar and/or chocolate and eaten between meals
    • synonym candy
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/candy
    • a packet of boiled sweets
    • a sweet shop
    • I was sucking a boiled sweet.
  2. a sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal
    • synonym afters
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/afters
    • I haven't made a sweet today.
    • Would you like some more sweet?
  3. a way of addressing somebody that you like or love
    • Don't you worry, my sweet.

    Word Origin

    • Old English swēte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoet, German süss, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suavis and Greek hēdus.
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