caramel

[ kar-uh-muhl, -mel, kahr-muhl ]
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noun
  1. a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.

  2. a kind of chewy candy, commonly in small blocks, made from sugar, butter, milk, etc.

  1. a yellowish brown or tan color.

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Origin of caramel

1
First recorded in 1715–25; from French, from Spanish or Portuguese caramelo, from Late Latin calamellus “little reed” (by dissimilation), equivalent to calam(us) reed (see calamus) + -ellus diminutive suffix; meaning changed by association with Medieval Latin cannamella, canna mellis, etc., “sugarcane,” equivalent to Latin canna cane + mel “honey” (genitive mellis )

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British Dictionary definitions for caramel

caramel

/ (ˈkærəməl, -ˌmɛl) /


noun
  1. burnt sugar, used for colouring and flavouring food

  2. a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, milk, etc

Origin of caramel

1
C18: from French, from Spanish caramelo, of uncertain origin

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