caramelize
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caramelize (third-person singular simple present caramelizes, present participle caramelizing, simple past and past participle caramelized)
- (cooking, transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel.
- (cooking, transitive) To brown (sugar, or a foodstuff containing sugar) by means of heat.
- Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.
- (cooking, intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.
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convert sugar into caramel
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brown sugar
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Further reading edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “caramelize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.