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Definition of sweetmeats in English English dictionary
- plural of sweetmeat
- ket
- junketries
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- {n} a fruit that is preserved with sugar
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- A sweet delicacy; a confection
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- {i} something made or preserved with sugar, candy, confection, crystallized fruit
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- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection
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- a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
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- The paint used in making patent leather
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- Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc
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- Sweetmeats are sweet items of food, especially ones that are considered special. a sweet, or any food made of or preserved in sugar
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- A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast