Sweet-and-sour
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sweet-and-sour is an adjective meaning (cooking) Having both sweet and sour or tart taste.
Meaning
(cooking) Having both sweet and sour or tart taste.
More Meanings
- Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings.
- Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours, especially:
Example Sentences
Humans utilize a kind of sweet and sour blend of love potion called charm.
There is a strong German ethnic streak in rural western Maryland and it shows in the cooking with its sweet-and-sours.
Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.
Synonyms for sweet-and-sour
Depending on context, synonyms include bittersweet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include savory, sweetened, sweet, savorous, sauced, sapid.
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