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Sweetener

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Something that sweetens.

n. Informal Something added as a further inducement or incentive.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a food additive that sweetens, especially an artificial substitute for sugar

n. something added as an inducement or incentive; a kickback

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who or that which sweetens, in any sense.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

n. anything that serves as an enticement

Word Usage

"It's obviously true that the small amount of lactose in a single packet of sweetener is probably not an issue for most people with lactose intolerance, just as the amount of lactose in a single pill is not an issue."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

temptation enticement

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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