CARAMEL

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

---

Etymology

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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.

Adjective

caramel (not comparable)

Of a yellow-brown color.

Verb

caramel (third-person singular simple present caramels, present participle caramelling, simple past and past participle caramelled)

(transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.

Anagrams

• 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

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins