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Sweetmeat definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWEE'TMEAT, n. [sweet and meat.] Fruit preserved with sugar; as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, and the like.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century a food rich in sugar: as a. a candied or crystallized fruit b. candy, confection

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a sweet (see SWEET n. 1). 2 a small fancy cake.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sweetmeat Sweet"meat`, n. 1. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection. 2. The paint used in making patent leather. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. [Local, U.S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sweetmeats) Sweetmeats are sweet items of food, especially ones that are considered special. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT: usu pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Confection, comfit, junket, sugarplum.

Moby Thesaurus

Jell-O, blancmange, candy, comfit, compote, confection, confectionery, confiture, conserve, frosting, gelatin, glaze, honey, icing, jam, jelly, marmalade, meringue, mousse, preserve, sweet, sweet stuff, sweets, tutti-frutti, whipped cream