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Caramel definition

kărə-məl, -mĕl, kärməl
A smooth chewy candy made with sugar, butter, cream or milk, and flavoring.
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Burnt sugar, used for coloring and sweetening foods.
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A moderate yellow brown.
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Burnt sugar, used to color or flavor food or beverages.
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A chewy candy made from a mixture of sugar, milk, butter, etc.
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A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
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A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
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Noun

Singular:
caramel
Plural:
caramels

Origin of caramel

  • French from Old French from Old Spanish caramel, caramelo from Portuguese caramel from Late Latin calamellus diminutive of Latin calamus reed, cane from Greek kalamos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French caramel.

    From Wiktionary

Caramel Sentence Examples

  • She drank the caramel liquid too fast and was soon too dizzy to stand.

  • She crossed to it and peered through the peep hole, surprised to see Jonny's caramel features and black eyes.

  • You also be able to find the Affectionate Caramel Extreme Color Contact Lenses under the Extreme Color Contact Lenses category.

  • Among the manufacturing establishments are foundries and machine shops, including the large shops of the Chicago & Alton railway, slaughtering and meat-packing establishments, flour and grist mills, printing and publishing establishments, a caramel factory and lumber factories.

  • These contacts are the color of light caramel, but they might make an interesting alternative to your dark brown contact lens look.

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