- sweet-and-sour
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: seasoned with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice
sweet-and-sour tongue
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/sweet"n soweur", -sow"euhr/, adj.cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.[1925-30]* * *
sweetˈ-and-sourˈ adjective1. Cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice2. (in Oriental cookery) having a seasoning of sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, etc• • •Main Entry: ↑sweet* * *
sweet-and-sour UK US adjectivesweet-and-sour food contains both sweet and sour flavoursThesaurus: words used to describe specific tastes and flavourshyponym* * *
sweet-and-sour «SWEET uhn SOWR», adjective.1. made with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice: »a sweet-and-sour sauce.
2. flavored with a sweet-and-sour sauce: »sweet-and-sour chicken, beef, or pork.
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adj. [attrib.] (esp. of Chinese-style food) cooked in a sauce containing sugar and either vinegar or lemon* * *
/ˌswiːtn̩ˈsawɚ/ adj, always used before a noun: having a flavor that is both sweet and soursweet-and-sour chicken/pork
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Chinese sweet-and-sour pork
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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sweet-and-sour — adj [only before noun] a sweet and sour dish in Chinese cooking has both sweet and sour tastes together ▪ sweet and sour pork … Dictionary of contemporary English
sweet-and-sour — adjective sweet and sour food contains both sweet and sour flavors … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sweet-and-sour — [swēt′ n sour′] adj. cooked with or incorporating both sugar and a sour substance, as vinegar or lemon juice … English World dictionary
sweet-and-sour — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ cooked with both sugar and a sour substance, as vinegar or lemon … English terms dictionary
sweet-and-sour — sweet′ and sour′ adj. coo cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
sweet and sour — also sweet and sour ADJ: ADJ n Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar … English dictionary
sweet-and-sour — adjective (only before noun) a sweet and sour dish in Chinese cooking has both sweet and sour tastes together: sweet and sour pork … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sweet-and-sour — UK / US adjective sweet and sour food contains both sweet and sour flavours … English dictionary
sweet-and-sour — adjective Date: 1928 seasoned with a sauce containing sugar and vinegar or lemon juice < sweet and sour shrimp > … New Collegiate Dictionary
