Sweet Treats Vocabulary

noun a sweet dish, typically served at the end of a meal

• The restaurant offers a variety of decadent desserts for patrons to enjoy after their meal.
• I can't wait to dig into that delicious dessert after dinner!
• That dessert was so bomb, I could eat it every day!
• Life is like a dessert - it's best enjoyed in moderation and savored slowly.

noun a sweet, creamy mixture used to coat or fill cakes and pastries

• The bakery used a delicate piping technique to apply the frosting on the wedding cake.
• I love when there's extra frosting on my cupcakes.
• I could eat a whole tub of that frosting, it's so good.
• Her sweet words were like frosting on a bitter situation.

noun a type of dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, typically used as a topping for pies or cakes

• The chef carefully piped the meringue onto the lemon tart.
• I love how fluffy and sweet meringue is on top of pies.
• I could eat a whole bowl of meringue by itself, it's so good.
• Her words were as light and airy as a meringue, sweet but not substantial.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

• She is sweet on her colleague from the marketing department.
• He's been sweet on her since they first met at the party.
• I heard she's really sweet on that new guy in accounting.
• The chef is sweet on using locally sourced ingredients in all his dishes.

noun a word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

article a word that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun

• I politely asked the waiter to give me some sugar for my coffee.
• Hey, could you give me some sugar for my tea?
• Yo, hook me up with some sugar for my drink.
• She always knows how to give someone some sugar when they're feeling down.

noun a place where ice cream is sold and served

• The new ice cream parlour in town offers a wide variety of flavors and toppings.
• Let's meet up at the ice cream parlour after school for a treat.
• I heard that new ice cream joint is the bomb, we gotta check it out.
• The ice cream parlour was a sweet escape from the summer heat.