butterscotchnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈbʌt.ə.skɒtʃ/us/ˈbʌt̬.ɚ.skɑːtʃ/a hard, light-brown coloured, sweet food made by boiling butter and sugar together
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sweets
- almond paste
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- boiled sweet
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cotton candy
- dark chocolate
- liquorice
- lollipop
- lolly
- marshmallow
- marzipan
- stick of rock
- sweetie
- sweetmeat
- sweety
- toffee
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Examples from literature
- Here is half a crown for you to buy butterscotch, and while you're sucking it think over what I've said.