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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#m1)

2) Something extra offered to make a deal or idea more attractive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#x1)
- Honey is a natural sweetener. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#x2)
- Read the label to see which sweetener is used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#x3)
- Grandad puts sweetener in his tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#x4)
- The shop gave a free gift as a sweetener. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#x5)
- Some sweeteners are much sweeter than sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/18/)
- [Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/18/)
- [Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill, so pets eat their own food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility/8/)
- [Chocolate, grapes, raisins, onions and the sweetener xylitol can poison dogs, and some can kill them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility/19/)
- [Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, very salty food and the sweetener xylitol can make pets very ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sweetener» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetener/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.