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sweet-and-sour

sweet-and-sour
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sweet and souuh r, sou-er]
    • /swit ænd saʊər, ˈsaʊ ər/
    • /swiːt ənd ˈsaʊə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sweet and souuh r, sou-er]
    • /swit ænd saʊər, ˈsaʊ ər/

Definitions of sweet-and-sour word

  • adjective sweet-and-sour cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings. 1
  • adjective sweet-and-sour combining salty and sugary flavours 1
See all 2 definitions of sweet-and-sour

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Origin of sweet-and-sour

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Sweet-and-sour

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sweet-and-sour

sweet-and-sour popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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