CARAMELIZE

caramelize, caramelise

(verb) convert to caramel

caramelize, caramelise

(verb) be converted into caramel; “The sugar caramelized”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

caramelize (third-person singular simple present caramelizes, present participle caramelizing, simple past and past participle caramelized)

(cooking, transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel.

(cooking, transitive) To brown (sugar) by means of heat.

(cooking, intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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