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- [kar-uh-muh-lahyz, kahr-muh-]
- /ˈkær ə məˌlaɪz, ˈkɑr mə-/
- /ˈkær.ə.məl.aɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kar-uh-muh-lahyz, kahr-muh-]
- /ˈkær ə məˌlaɪz, ˈkɑr mə-/
Definitions of caramelize word
- verb caramelize If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated. 3
- verb caramelize If you caramelize something such as fruit, you cook it with sugar so that it is coated with caramel. 3
- verb caramelize to convert or be converted into caramel 3
- verb transitive caramelize to turn into caramel (sense 1) 3
- noun caramelize (of sugar or syrup) be converted into caramel. 1
- transitive verb caramelize turn sth into sugar syrup 1
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Origin of caramelize
First appearance:
before 1720 One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1720-30; caramel + -ize
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Parts of speech for Caramelize
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
caramelize popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for caramelize
verb caramelize
- burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- brown — Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
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