sweet-and-sour
[ sweet-n-souuh r, -sou-er ]
/ ˈswit nˈsaʊər, -ˈsaʊ ər /
adjective
cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
Origin of sweet-and-sour
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby sweet-and-sour
sweet violet,
sweet william,
sweet william catchfly,
sweet woodruff,
sweet wormwood,
sweet-and-sour,
sweet-scented,
sweet-shop,
sweet-talk,
sweet-tempered,
sweetbread
Example sentences from the Web for sweet-and-sour
When done cut in thin slices, put in a flat pan, cover with sweet-and-sour sauce, and simmer for five minutes.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book |Victor Hirtzler
British Dictionary definitions for sweet-and-sour
sweet-and-sour
adjective
(of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients