Definition of Sweetmeat

1. Noun. A sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry).

Generic synonyms: Confection, Sweet

Definition of Sweetmeat

1. n. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

Definition of Sweetmeat

1. Noun. A sweet delicacy; a confection ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweetmeat

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetmeat

sweetings
sweetish
sweetishly
sweetite
sweetkin
sweetleaf
sweetleaf family
sweetleafs
sweetling
sweetlings
sweetlips
sweetly
sweetmaker
sweetmakers
sweetmeal
sweetmeat (current term)
sweetmeats
sweetness
sweetness and light
sweetnesses
sweetpea
sweetpeas
sweetroot
sweetroots
sweets
sweetshop
sweetshops
sweetshrub
sweetshrubs
sweetsmelling

Literary usage of Sweetmeat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"Jasmine sweetmeat is prepared in the same manner as rose sweetmeat, ... Vanilla sweetmeat. Pound 2 vanilla beans into small pieces and place them in a tin ..."

2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"A sweetmeat Pudding. Cover a dish with thin puff-paste, and lay in it freshly candied orange, lemon, and citron, one ounce, each sliced thin. ..."

3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The Actual Condition of the sweetmeat Industry. H. ROUSSET. Lab. chim. de 1'Ais. Rev. gtn. chim., XI, 23-30.—A general review of the sweet- ..."

4. Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors by Frederick Litchfield (1900)
"sweetmeat.stand of Plymouth porcelain, white shell work (Jermyn Street Museum). Birds and flowers painted on some of the cups and saucers, and vases, ..."

5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A coarse sweetmeat composed of brown sugar and treacle, said to be named from its toughness. See Toffy. ..."

6. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The Greek word theriac, " of the viper," was given first to a sweetmeat so made, then to any antidote against poison, and finally to any syrup. ..."

7. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"It is a great mistake to put any kind of sweetmeat intp too thick a simp, especially at the first, «i C. CAKES MADE OF FLOWERS. Boil double refined sugar to ..."

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