car|a|mel

car|a|mel
car|a|mel «KAR uh muhl, KAHR muhl», noun, verb, -meled, -mel|ing or (especially British) -melled, -mel|ling.
–n.
1. sugar browned or burned and used for coloring and flavoring food: »

Cake frosting and custard are often flavored with caramel.

2. a small block of chewy candy flavored with this sugar.
3. the color of caramel; any shade of brown.
–v.t., v.i.
= caramelize. (Cf.caramelize)
[< French caramel < obsolete Spanish caramelo]

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