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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sweetening has 3 senses

• sweetening(n = noun.food) sweetener - something added to foods to make them taste sweeter; Array
is a kind of flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
has particulars: aspartame, honey, saccharin, refined sugar, sugar, sirup, syrup
Derived form verb sweeten₁

• sweetening(n = noun.act) enhancement - an improvement that makes something more agreeable; Array
is a kind of improvement
Derived form verb sweeten₂

• sweetening(n = noun.act) Array - the act of adding a sweetener to food; Array
is a kind of seasoning
Derived form verb sweeten₁

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THESAURUS

sweetening

ambrosia, artificial sweetener, bait, blackstrap, bribe, calcium cyclamate, cane syrup, carrot, clover honey, comb honey, corn syrup, cyclamates, edulcoration, encouragement, fillip, honey, honeycomb, honeydew, honeypot, incentive, incitement, inducement, interest, invitation, lure, maple syrup, molasses, nectar, payment, percentage, persuasive, profit, provocation, reward, saccharification, saccharin, sodium cyclamate, sorghum, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, sugar, sugar-making, sugaring off, sweetener, sweets, syrup, treacle, whet

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