sweetener
IPA: swˈitʌnɝ
noun
- Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
- (informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
- (slang) A shill bidder at an auction.
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Examples of "sweetener" in Sentences
- Saccharin is an artificial sweetener.
- The cook put in the sweetener in the bowl.
- Honey is the only known sweetener in the Maya diet.
- It was a sweetener, the dipeptide with phenylalanine.
- Also it is used as a sweetener and in the preparation of desserts.
- At the time, molasses was the standard sweetener in the United States.
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