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noun

Caramel n.

(Chem.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

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Etymology of 'Caramel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Caramel" Quotes from Famous Books

... bargain with that sort of a woman. I disturbed her at her devotions that morning. But glad to communicate with the outside world. Our great day, she said. Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Sweet name too: caramel. She knew I, I think she knew by the way she. If she had married she would have changed. I suppose they really were short of money. Fried everything in the best butter all the same. No lard for them. My heart's broke eating dripping. They ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... the time we note the following advertisements in a Manchester newspaper of "wants" in our "indispensable" industries: "Tennis ball inflators, cutters and makers" and "Caramel wrappers"; while a Brighton paper has "Wanted, two dozen living flies weekly during the remainder of winter ...

— Mr. Punch's History of the Great War • Punch

Words linked to "Caramel" : caramelise, caramel apple, creme caramel, caramelize, caramel bun, sugar, caramelized sugar, snuff-color, snuff-colour, candy, brownness, raw sienna, chromatic, refined sugar