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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•a•mel /ˈkærəməl/USA pronunciation n. - Food a liquid made by cooking sugar until it darkens, used for flavoring food:[uncountable]The candy apple had caramel baked onto it.
- Food[countable] a chewy candy made from sugar, butter, milk, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•a•mel (kar′ə məl, -mel′, kär′məl),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- Fooda kind of chewy candy, commonly in small blocks, made from sugar, butter, milk, etc.
- Fooda yellowish brown or tan color.
- Late Latin calamellus little reed (by dissimilation), equivalent. to calam(us) reed (see calamus) + -ellus diminutive suffix; meaning changed by association with Medieval Latin cannamella, canna mellis, etc., sugar cane, equivalent. to Latin canna cane + mel honey (genitive mellis)
- Spanish or Portuguese caramelo
- French
- 1715–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: caramel /ˈkærəməl -ˌmɛl/ n - burnt sugar, used for colouring and flavouring food
- a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, milk, etc
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Spanish caramelo, of uncertain origin |