Dictionary Definition
sweetmeat n : a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve
or pastry)
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A sweet delicacy; a confection
Extensive Definition
Sweetmeat is an archaic term for confectionery.
- Sweetmeat is often confused with the term Sweetbread or Sweet Bread. Sweetbreads are a savory offal food. Sweetmeat is sweet, often a candied root, such as ginger or sea holly.
- Sweet bread (offal), an Appalachian dish consisting of pickled sheep brains and/or other offal
- Bosintang
(“sweet-bread soup”), a Korean stew made from dog meat, also known
by several other names
- The dog meat that this stew is made of, properly called gaegogi
- Rocky Mountain oysters, bull or boar testicles used in cuisine