sweet-and-sour

[ sweet-n-souuhr, -sou-er ]

adjective
  1. cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.

Origin of sweet-and-sour

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use sweet-and-sour in a sentence

  • When done cut in thin slices, put in a flat pan, cover with sweet-and-sour sauce, and simmer for five minutes.

British Dictionary definitions for sweet-and-sour

sweet-and-sour

adjective
  1. (of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients

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