Definition of caramel
1 : an amorphous, brittle, brown, and somewhat bitter substance that is obtained by heating sugar and used as a coloring and flavoring agent Caramel is an ingredient in many carbonated beverages.
2 : a firm chewy usually caramel-flavored candy a bag of caramels
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Recent Examples of caramel from the Web
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Desserts include a Bananas Foster pizza, an apple pie calzone and a cinnamon-caramel-and-chocolate churro concoction.
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Even the conservative caramel beige integrates gracefully with the dramatic door trim drapery.
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In the midsection, there is both rose and tuberose to help balance all of the other confectionary notes, and the base is made up of vanilla, caramel, amber, and musk.
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Lastly there's the Concession Stand, which is made with caramel popcorn soft serve that gets injected with caramel.
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Yellow-green, coral, pale peach, navy, burnt caramel, cream and dusty ultramarine all made it into Cerruti’s menswear fashions — but they were always handled with restrain.
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Sweet Laurel will be slicing from their entire menu of cakes—we’re talking chocolate caramel, vanilla coconut jam, carrot—and Caffe Luxxe will be pouring a bunch of different brews that pair with each flavor.
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The bowl came graffitied in caramel and chocolate syrup that alerted the senses that good things would happen in your belly thereafter.
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A dessert bar consisted of chocolate truffle pops, key lime tartlets, apple doughnut fritter and salted caramel cheesecakes.
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Origin and Etymology of caramel
French, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese, icicle, caramel, from Late Latin calamellus small reed — more at shawm
CARAMEL Defined for English Language Learners
caramel
playDefinition of caramel for English Language Learners
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: a light brown candy made from butter, sugar, and milk or cream
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: sugar that is cooked until it is burnt and that is used to give color and flavor to food
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: a light brown color
CARAMEL Defined for Kids
caramel
playDefinition of caramel for Students
1 : a firm chewy candy
2 : burnt sugar used for coloring and flavoring
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