sweetwater

See also: sweet water and Sweetwater

English

Etymology

From sweet +‎ water.

Noun

sweetwater (countable and uncountable, plural sweetwaters)

  1. A variety of white grape, better known as Chasselas.
  3. Water that still contains sucrose after filtration by a sugar cane refinery, usually one of the main by-products of a sugar cane refining process.
  4. (US, economics) Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes.
    Synonym: freshwater
  6. Alternative form of sweet water (“fresh water”).

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