caramel

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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/

Noun

caramel

1. A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
2. A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
3. A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

    

Translations

• French: caramel
• German: Karamell, Caramel
• Italian: caramello
• Portuguese: caramelo
• Russian: караме́ль
• Spanish: caramelo

Translations

• German: Karamelle, Karamellbonbon, Karamellzuckerl
• Spanish: caramelo

Translations

• Italian: caramello

Adjective

caramel (not comparable)

1. 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.

Verb

caramel (caramels, present participle caramelling; past and past participle caramelled)

1. (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.

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