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back-sweeten

back-sweeten verb: to sweeten (an alcoholic drink) after fermentation by adding further sugar.

Verb

back-sweeten (third-person singular simple present back-sweetens, present participle back-sweetening, simple past and past participle back-sweetened)

  1. (transitive) To sweeten (an alcoholic drink) after fermentation by adding further sugar.

Forms of back-sweeten

third-person singular presentback-sweetens
present participleback-sweetening
past participleback-sweetened
pastback-sweetened
alternative formbacksweeten

Words formed from back-sweeten

Questions about back-sweeten

What does back-sweeten mean?
Back-sweeten means to sweeten (an alcoholic drink) after fermentation by adding further sugar.
What part of speech is back-sweeten?
Back-sweeten is a verb.
What is the past tense of back-sweeten?
The past tense of back-sweeten is back-sweetened.

Words near back-sweeten in the dictionary

  1. back-stories
  2. back-story
  3. back-street
  4. back-stretch
  5. back-stretches
  6. back-sweeten
  7. back-sweetened
  8. back-sweetening
  9. back-sweetens
  10. back-taxi
  11. back-taxied

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