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sweetwater

sweetwater noun: a variety of white grape, better known as Chasselas. Also the alternative form of sweet water.

Noun

sweetwater (countable and uncountable, plural sweetwaters)

  1. A variety of white grape, better known as Chasselas.
  2. Water that still contains sucrose after filtration by a sugar cane refinery, usually one of the main by-products of a sugar cane refining process.
  3. (US) Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes.
    Synonyms:
    freshwater

Proper noun capitalized: Sweetwater

Sweetwater

  1. A populated place in Pinal County, Arizona.
  2. A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
  3. A census-designated place in Nez Perce County, Idaho.
  4. A township in Lake County, Michigan.
  5. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
  7. A ghost town in Lyon County, Nevada.
  8. An unincorporated community in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  9. A township in Clay County, North Carolina.
  10. A town in Beckham County and Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
  11. A city in Monroe County and McMinn County, Tennessee.
  12. A city, the county seat of Nolan County, Texas.

Also used as

sweetwater is also the alternative form of sweet water.

Synonyms of sweetwater

Forms of sweetwater

pluralsweetwaters

Origin of sweetwater

From sweet + water.

Words formed from sweetwater

Questions about sweetwater

What does sweetwater mean?
Sweetwater means a variety of white grape, better known as Chasselas.
What part of speech is sweetwater?
Sweetwater can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sweetwater?
The plural of sweetwater is sweetwaters.

Words near sweetwater in the dictionary

  1. sweetums
  2. sweetveld
  3. sweetvelds
  4. sweetvetch
  5. sweetvetches
  6. sweetwater
  7. Sweetwater County
  8. sweetwaters
  9. sweetweed
  10. Sweetwine
  11. sweetwood

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