SACCHARIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("saccharin" is a kind of...):

sweetener; sweetening (something added to foods to make them taste sweeter)

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