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sweets
n. candy, pastries, desserts
 
sweet
n. dessert; beloved person; candy, confection (British)


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is a Japanese vocal group. Put together through auditions, the group debuted in 2003 on the avex trax label. Although the group met minor success, they disbanded after three years with the release of a final single in June 2006.
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Confectionery
The term confectionery refers to food items that are (or at least are perceived to be) rich in sugar. Different dialects of English also use regional terms for confections:In BritainIreland and some Commonwealth countries, "sweets", or "sweeties", particularly in Scotland (sweeties resembles the Scottish Gaelic word suiteis in both pronunciation and meaning) and among children.In Australia and New Zealand, "lollies". In North America, "candy" - although this term can also refer to a specific range of confectionery and does not include some items called confectionery (e.g. pastry) (See below and the separate article on candy.) "Sweets" is used on occasion, as well as "treat".
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sweet
Noun
1. a dish served as the last course of a meal
(synonym) dessert, afters
(hypernym) course
(hyponym) ambrosia
2. a food rich in sugar
(synonym) confection, confectionery
(hypernym) dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
(hyponym) confiture
3. the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
(synonym) sweetness, sugariness
(hypernym) taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
4. the property of containing sugar
(synonym) sweetness
(hypernym) taste property
(hyponym) saccharinity
Adjective
1. having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)
(antonym) sour
(similar) cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly
(see-also) sugary
2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
(synonym) angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic
(similar) lovable, loveable
3. pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
(synonym) dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
(similar) melodious, melodic, musical
4. one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey
(similar) tasteful
5. pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
(similar) pleasing
6. pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"
(synonym) gratifying
(similar) pleasing
7. having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
(synonym) odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
(similar) fragrant
8. (used of wines) having a sweet taste
(antonym) dry
(see-also) sugary
9. not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"
(synonym) fresh, unfermented
(similar) unsoured
10. with sweetening added
(synonym) sugared, sweetened
(similar) sugary
11. not having a salty taste; "sweet water"
(synonym) unsalty
(similar) fresh
Adverb
1. in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"
(synonym) sweetly
(classification) poetry, poesy, verse
(classification) colloquialism


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SWEETS
CARAMELLE. CONFETTI. GIOIE. PROFUMI. BATATE

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sweets
slang. ลูกอัณฑะ

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