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backsweeten

backsweeten is the alternative spelling of back-sweeten.

Meaning of back-sweeten

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 backsweeten

third-person singular presentbacksweetens
present participlebacksweetening
past participlebacksweetened
pastbacksweetened

Questions about backsweeten

What is backsweeten the alternative spelling of?
Backsweeten is the alternative spelling of back-sweeten.

Words near backsweeten in the dictionary

  1. Backstrom
  2. backstromite
  3. Backstroms
  4. backswamp
  5. backswamps
  6. backsweeten
  7. backswept
  8. backswimmer
  9. backswimmers
  10. backswimming
  11. backswing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backsweeten (page history and authors); back-sweeten (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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