caramelize

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To convert (sugar) into caramel.
2. verb To brown (sugar, or a foodstuff containing sugar) by means of heat.

   Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.

3. verb To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.

Similar words

caramelise carmelize caramel carbonify saccharize syrup sugar carburize sweeten saccharise

Often followed by

the and on sugar them to a in onions

Word family

caramelized caramelizes caramelizing