Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense caramelizes, present participle caramelizing, past tense, past participle caramelizedregional note: in BRIT, also use caramelise
1. verb
If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated.
Cook until the sugar starts to caramelize. [VERB]
2. verb
If you caramelize something such as fruit, you cook it with sugar so that it is coated with caramel.
Start by caramelizing some onions. [VERB noun]
...caramelised apples. [VERB-ed]
caramelize in British English
or caramelise (ˈkærəməˌlaɪz)
verb
to convert or be converted into caramel
caramelize in American English
(ˈkɑrməˌlaɪz; ˈkærəməˌlaɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcaramelˌized or ˈcaramelˌizing