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caramelise

caramelise is the alternative spelling of caramelize.

Meaning of caramelize

Verb

caramelize (third-person singular simple present caramelizes, present participle caramelizing, simple past and past participle caramelized)

  1. (transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel.
  2. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.

Forms of caramelise

third-person singular presentcaramelises
present participlecaramelising
past participlecaramelised
pastcaramelised

Questions about caramelise

What is caramelise the alternative spelling of?
Caramelise is the alternative spelling of caramelize.

Words near caramelise in the dictionary

  1. caramelin
  2. carameling
  3. caramelins
  4. caramelisation
  5. caramelisations
  6. caramelise
  7. caramelised
  8. carameliser
  9. caramelisers
  10. caramelises
  11. caramelising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caramelise (page history and authors); caramelize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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