- a hard, sticky candy made with brown sugar, butter, etc.
- the flavor of this candy
- a brown syrup with this flavor
made of, or having the flavor of, butterscotch
butterscotch
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butterscotch
noun
- A syrup, sauce, candy, or flavoring made by melting butter and brown sugar together.
- A golden or tawny brown.
Origin of butterscotch
Alteration of butterscot butter scot of unknown originTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(usually uncountable, plural butterscotches)
Adjective
(not comparable)
- Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
- Having the flavour of butterscotch.
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