sweetener

«sweetener» in Mova's school dictionary: something put in food or drink to make it taste sweet… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sweetener, sweeteners)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sweetener is something put in food or drink to make it taste sweet, especially a substance used instead of sugar. tree →

2) Something extra offered to make a deal or idea more attractive. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in health and food lessons: reading food labels; "sugar-free" drinks often contain artificial sweeteners. Honey and syrup are natural sweeteners. Phrase (informal): "as a sweetener" means as a little bonus to persuade someone.

examples

• This drink has sweetener instead of sugar. tree →
• Honey is a natural sweetener. tree →
• Read the label to see which sweetener is used. tree →
• Grandad puts sweetener in his tea. tree →
• The shop gave a free gift as a sweetener. tree →
• Some sweeteners are much sweeter than sugar. tree →

note

Countable (sweeteners) and uncountable (some sweetener). From "sweeten". Sugar-free does not always mean healthy.

In the corpora

• One can of ordinary cola has about seven teaspoons of sugar; diet drinks use sweeteners with almost no sugar.
• Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill.
• Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill, so pets eat their own food.
• Chocolate, grapes, raisins, onions and the sweetener xylitol can poison dogs, and some can kill them.
• Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, very salty food and the sweetener xylitol can make pets very ill.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sweetener» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.