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CARAMELIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they caramelize ... he / she / it caramelizes
Past simple: caramelized
Past participle: caramelized
-ing form: caramelizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert to caramel
Synonyms:
caramelise; caramelize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be converted into caramel
Example:
The sugar caramelized
Synonyms:
caramelise; caramelize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)
