SWEETENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweetening mean? 

• SWEETENING (noun)
  The noun SWEETENING has 3 senses:

1. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

2. an improvement that makes something more agreeable

3. the act of adding a sweetener to food

  Familiarity information: SWEETENING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEETENING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sweetener; sweetening

Hypernyms ("sweetening" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweetening"):

aspartame (an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener)

honey (a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees)

saccharin (a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener)

refined sugar; sugar (a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative)

sirup; syrup (a thick sweet sticky liquid)

Derivation:

sweeten (make sweeter in taste)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An improvement that makes something more agreeable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

enhancement; sweetening

Hypernyms ("sweetening" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Derivation:

sweeten (make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of adding a sweetener to food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sweetening" is a kind of...):

seasoning (the act of adding a seasoning to food)

Derivation:

sweeten (make sweeter in taste)