noun / adjective
butterscotch
BUT-ur-skahch/ˈbʌtərskɑːtʃ/
A sweet confection made by heating butter and brown sugar.
Golden butterscotch candies sit beside butter and brown sugar.
Etymology
Butter names a main ingredient of this toffee-like sweet. The second element is uncertain, though it may refer to the confection having been made in Scotland.
In context
when you've tasted the vanilla and chocolate you'll want to try butterscotch - four it has that real old-fashioned butterscotch flavor that tastes just swell
More examples
- She poured butterscotch sauce over the ice cream.
- A butterscotch candy melted slowly in his mouth.
- The chair was covered in warm butterscotch leather.
Forms
butterscotch
Similar words
- caramel
- Usually starts with heated sugar, while butterscotch characteristically uses butter and brown sugar.