sweet-and-sour

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• Sweet and Sour — may refer to :*Sweet and sour sauce, a type of sauce widely used in various cuisines *Sweet and sour pork, a Chinese dish popular in Cantonese and American Chinese cuisine *Sweet and Sour (TV series), an Australian TV series about a fictional… …   Wikipedia

• sweet-and-sour — adj [only before noun] a sweet and sour dish in Chinese cooking has both sweet and sour tastes together ▪ sweet and sour pork …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sweet-and-sour — adjective sweet and sour food contains both sweet and sour flavors …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sweet-and-sour — [swēt′ n sour′] adj. cooked with or incorporating both sugar and a sour substance, as vinegar or lemon juice …   English World dictionary

• sweet-and-sour — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ cooked with both sugar and a sour substance, as vinegar or lemon …   English terms dictionary

• sweet-and-sour — sweet′ and sour′ adj. coo cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• sweet-and-sour — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : seasoned with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice sweet and sour tongue * * * /sweet n soweur , sow euhr/, adj. cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings. [1925 30] * * * sweetˈ and sourˈ… …   Useful english dictionary

• sweet and sour — also sweet and sour ADJ: ADJ n Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar …   English dictionary

• sweet-and-sour — adjective (only before noun) a sweet and sour dish in Chinese cooking has both sweet and sour tastes together: sweet and sour pork …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sweet-and-sour — UK / US adjective sweet and sour food contains both sweet and sour flavours …   English dictionary

• sweet-and-sour — adjective Date: 1928 seasoned with a sauce containing sugar and vinegar or lemon juice < sweet and sour shrimp > …   New Collegiate Dictionary