caramel, caramel brown
(adjective) having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown
caramel, caramelized sugar
(noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
caramel
(noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
caramel (countable and uncountable, plural caramels)
A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
Both the two syllable and the three syllable pronunciations are very common in all regions of the United States. The three-syllable pronunciation is more common than the two-syllable one in the South (excluding western Texas), northern New Jersey, eastern New York, and New England, while the two-syllable one is more common in other regions.
caramel (not comparable)
Of a yellow-brown color.
caramel (third-person singular simple present caramels, present participle caramelling, simple past and past participle caramelled)
(transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
• cameral, ceramal, maceral, reclama
Source: Wiktionary
Car"a*mel, n. Etym: [F. caramel (cf. Sp. caramelo), LL. canna mellis, cannamella, canamella, calamellus mellitus, sugar cane, from or confused with L. canna reed + mel, mellis, honey. See Cane.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
2. A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
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