caramel
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, Aus, New Zealand) and (America, nMmmm) IPA: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/, IPAchar /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/, or IPA: /ˈkæ.ɹə.məl/, IPAchar /ˈkæ.ɹə.mɛl/
- (America, Mmmm) IPA: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.məl/, IPAchar /ˈkɛɹ.ə.mɛl/
- (America) IPA: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/, IPAchar /ˈkɑɹ.ə.məl/
caramel
- 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.
- French: caramel
- German: Karamell, Caramel
- Italian: caramello
- Portuguese: caramelo
- Russian: караме́ль
- Spanish: caramelo
- Italian: caramello
caramel (not comparable)
- Of a yellow-brown color.
- 2001, Nicole Sconiers, California Schemin': The Black Woman's Guide to Surviving in LA
- Every time I saw this caramel cutie, she was working on a new proposal or business plan or flyer to promote herself and her event coordinating business.
- 2001, Nicole Sconiers, California Schemin': The Black Woman's Guide to Surviving in LA
caramel (caramels, present participle caramelling; past and past participle caramelled)
- (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
- 1900, M. M. Mallock, The Economics of Modern Cookery: Or, A Younger Son's Cookery Book
- To turn out, place the dish over the mould, and invert both together, when, if the caramelling has been complete, the pudding should slip out without any difficulty at all.
- 1900, M. M. Mallock, The Economics of Modern Cookery: Or, A Younger Son's Cookery Book
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