as in confection
a food having a high sugar content
16th-century Naples carried on a vast export trade in silks and sweetmeats
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Recent Examples of sweetmeat
Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
But street food vendors — with their pungent salads, oodles of noodles, and coconut sweetmeats — have lately become the target of some of the capital’s planners.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
So off the two ran to Loxy’s den, where Loxy began to speed-read his handy-dandy cookbook about slicing and dicing sweetmeat and Tex Mex green beans and chugalugging them down with mai tais, Tia Marias, pale ale and near beer.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
In a tiny shop by the gate, the delicious sweetmeat has been made every day for the past 164 years with a recipe so secret the original handwritten copy is kept in the vault of a local bank.
—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
But street food vendors — with their pungent salads, oodles of noodles, and coconut sweetmeats — have lately become the target of some of the capital’s planners.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
So off the two ran to Loxy’s den, where Loxy began to speed-read his handy-dandy cookbook about slicing and dicing sweetmeat and Tex Mex green beans and chugalugging them down with mai tais, Tia Marias, pale ale and near beer.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2019
In a tiny shop by the gate, the delicious sweetmeat has been made every day for the past 164 years with a recipe so secret the original handwritten copy is kept in the vault of a local bank.
—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetmeat
Noun
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The confection was created by Claire Ptak of London’s Violet Cakes and served at the luncheon reception.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The 218-page cookbook, which launched in February, is a pink confection overflowing with Minnesota recipes and photos and stories, a storytelling smorgasbord that lets readers follow along as Peterson bakes and cooks favorites with friends, family and followers.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Indian prices rose from 82 to 88 cents/lb or from 59,400 to 65,800 INR/candy.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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Shoppers came for staples like flour, sugar, and salt; tools and hardware; fabric and clothing; kerosene for lamps; and occasional small luxuries like candy, tobacco, or coffee—items otherwise difficult or impossible to obtain, Koehn says.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sweetmeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetmeat. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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