noun / adjective
caramel
KAIR-uh-mul/ˈkærəml/
Browned sugar used as a sweet food or flavoring.
Glossy amber caramel coats the spoon above the pan of heated sugar.
Etymology
French caramel meant “burnt sugar,” linking the name to sugar transformed by heat. The selected meaning preserves that early sense; the word’s deeper ancestry is uncertain.
In context
I went ahead and added some whipped topping the caramel sauce and look at that oh my goodness you guys this is Banana Foster ice cream
More examples
- She unwraps a chewy caramel.
- The curtains are a soft caramel color.
- The recipe calls for caramel sauce.
Forms
caramel · caramels
Similar words
- toffee
- A candy typically made by cooking sugar with butter.
- butterscotch
- A flavor traditionally combining brown sugar and butter.