sweet in English: Tasting of sugar, like honey or cake, not bitter or salty. (adjective)

Translation

Tasting of sugar, like honey or cake, not bitter or salty.

Word origin

From Old English swete, the common Germanic word for a sugary taste.

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"Sweet" means it tastes of sugar.

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Here "sweet" describes food that tastes of sugar.

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Here "sweet" tells us the tea has a lot of sugar.

sugar

A sweet white or brown food that people add to drinks and cakes.

cake

A sweet, soft food made from flour, eggs, and sugar and baked in an oven.

taste

To notice the flavour of food or drink with your mouth.

nice

Good, kind, or pleasing.

food

Food is anything that people or animals eat to stay alive and grow.

aw

A sound people make to show that they think something is sweet, or that they feel sorry for someone.

candy

A small sweet food made mostly of sugar. This is the American word; Britain says "sweets".

cookie

A small flat sweet cake. In British English it is usually called a biscuit.

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