CARAMELIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caramelize mean? 

• CARAMELIZE (verb)
  The verb CARAMELIZE has 2 senses:

1. be converted into caramel

2. convert to caramel

  Familiarity information: CARAMELIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARAMELIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they caramelize    ... he / she / it caramelizes   
Past simple: caramelized   
Past participle: caramelized   
-ing form: caramelizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be converted into caramel

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

caramelise; caramelize

Context example:

The sugar caramelized

Hypernyms (to "caramelize" is one way to...):

convert (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

caramel (burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food)

caramel (firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Convert to caramel

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

caramelise; caramelize

Hypernyms (to "caramelize" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

caramel (burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food)

caramel (firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk)