ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sweets

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sweets is a noun meaning plural of sweet.

Meaning

plural of sweet.

More Meanings

  1. Confectionery, candy.
  2. Sweet-scented flowers.
  3. A term of endearment; sweetheart.
  4. third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet
  5. (slang) Drugs, amphetamine.

Example Sentences

I miss you, sweets.
Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. She scatters flowers
...she dropped the flowers which Evelyn had given her. Before she even perceived her loss, the King had picked them up, and was about to give them to her, when he perceived the note, and also observed that the seal was yet unbroken. "Mademoiselle has not had time to read a letter so surrounded by sweets—pray use no ceremony."

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sweetish, sweetened, sugary, sugariness, sugared, saccharine.

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