dolce

Definitions of dolce
  1. noun
    a food rich in sugar
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    caramella
    a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
    maraschino
    cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
    bubble gum, chewing gum, gomma, gomma americana, gomma da masticare
    a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles
    lecca-lecca
    hard candy on a stick
    torrone
    nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
    pralina
    cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
    macigno, scoglio
    hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
    confettura, conserva
    fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
    type of:
    bocconcino, boccone, ghiottoneria, leccornia, manicaretto, raffinatezza, squisitezza
    something considered choice to eat
  2. noun
    the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
  3. noun
    the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
    synonyms: dolcezza
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    sapore
    the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
  4. adjective
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
    synonyms: angelico, candido, puro
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