Usually means: Browning sugar through gentle heating.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 20 dictionaries that define the word caramelize:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. caramelize: Merriam-Webster
  2. caramelize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caramelize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caramelize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caramelize: Vocabulary.com
  6. caramelize: Wordnik
  7. caramelize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. caramelize: Wiktionary
  9. caramelize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. caramelize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. caramelize: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. caramelize: Dictionary.com
  13. Caramelize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. caramelize: Rhymezone
  15. caramelize: FreeDictionary.org
  16. caramelize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. caramelize: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. caramelize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caramelize: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caramelize: Encyclopedia

(Note: See caramelized as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (caramelize)

verb:  (cooking, transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel.
verb:  (cooking, transitive) To brown (sugar, or a foodstuff containing sugar) by means of heat.
verb:  (cooking, intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Words similar to caramelize

Usage examples for caramelize

Idioms related to caramelize

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near caramelize

Rhymes of caramelize

Invented words related to caramelize

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux