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car·a·mel·ize
 caramelize
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- pronunciation:
- kaer
m
laIz
[or]
kar
m
laIz
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
caramelizes, caramelizing, caramelized |
| definition 1: |
to turn (sugar) into caramel by heating.
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| definition 2: |
to cook (food containing natural sugar) to the point wherein liquids and natural sugar are released and create a sweet and nutty-tasting brown syrup.
The chef caramelized the onions. |
adverb + (v.)caramelize
about, actually, almost, evenly, just, kind, lightly, occasionally, often, once, over, really, slightly, slowly, then
(v.)caramelize
+ noun
apple,
banana,
beet,
bit,
bottom,
bread,
brown,
butter,
cake,
candy,
cheese,
chicken,
color,
crust,
cube,
cup,
custard,
dish,
duck,
edge,
eggplant,
exterior,
fig,
flavor,
fruit,
garlic,
grill,
heat,
hour,
ingredient,
juice,
lemon,
liquid,
meat,
minute,
mixture,
mushroom,
nut,
olive,
onion,
orange,
oven,
pan,
pepper,
pork,
rice,
salt,
sauce,
season,
side,
skillet,
slice,
sugar,
surface,
sweetness,
syrup,
tablespoon,
tart,
thermometer,
thyme,
tomato,
turkey,
vegetable,
vinegar
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| derivation: |
caramelization (n.) |
The word caramelize
contains the following part:
-ize, -ise
Greek
verb-forming suffix
that means to turn into or cause to be
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ize
, -ise
forms transitive verbs from adjectives (civilize
) and nouns (crystallize
). The oldest English verbs ending in -ize
were loanwords from Greek (baptize
, catechize
).
Example words:
advertise, aggrandize, alphabetize, Americanize, anesthetize, anthologize, baptize, caramelize, catechize, categorize, centralize, chastise, civilize, conventionalize, crystallize, destabilize, enfranchise, equalize, familiarize, fantasize, fossilize, generalize, harmonize, immobilize, immunize, miniaturize, monetize, monopolize, moralize, nebulize, rationalize, recognize, revolutionize, stabilize, sterilize, tranquilize, victimize
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