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carmelize

carmelize is the alternative form 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 carmelize

third-person singular presentcarmelizes
present participlecarmelizing
past participlecarmelized
pastcarmelized

Origin of carmelize

From carmel + -ize.

Questions about carmelize

What is carmelize the alternative form of?
Carmelize is the alternative form of caramelize.

Words near carmelize in the dictionary

  1. Carmelites
  2. Carmelitess
  3. Carmelitesses
  4. Carmelitic
  5. carmelization
  6. carmelize
  7. carmelized
  8. carmelizes
  9. carmelizing
  10. carmellose
  11. carmels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carmelize (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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