- sweet
- 1 [countable] British English
a small piece of sweet food made of sugar or chocolate [= candyAmerican English] Eating sweets is bad for your teeth.
a sweet shop
a packet of boiled sweets (=hard sweets that taste of fruit)
- 2 [uncountable and countable] British English
sweet food served after the meat and vegetables part of a meal [= dessert]: Would you like a sweet, or some cheese and biscuits?
- 3
(my) sweet
old-fashionedused when speaking to someone you love : Don't cry, my sweet.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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