noun
- Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter.
- synonyms: sweetener
- An improvement that makes something more agreeable.
- synonyms: enhancement
- The act of adding a sweetener to food.
verb
- Make sweeter in taste.
- synonyms: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate
- Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable.
- usage: "sweeten a deal"
- synonyms: sweeten
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