sweetmeat
[ sweet-meet ]
/ ˈswitˌmit /
noun
a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
Usually sweetmeats.
any sweet delicacy of the confectionery or candy kind, as candied fruit, sugar-covered nuts, sugarplums, bonbons, or balls or sticks of candy.
Words nearby sweetmeat
sweeting,
sweetish,
sweetleaf,
sweetman,
sweetmeal,
sweetmeat,
sweetness and light,
sweetsop,
sweetveld,
sweetwater,
sweetwort
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British Dictionary definitions for sweetmeat
sweetmeat
/ (ˈswiːtˌmiːt) /
noun
a sweetened delicacy, such as a preserve, sweet, or, formerly, a cake or pastry