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English
Etymology
From caramel + -ize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/, /ˈkɑɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/
Verb
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.
Derived terms
Translations
convert sugar into caramel
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