caramel
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
Burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
karmuhlSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɑːrməl
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
uncountable
A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
countable
A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
adjective
Of a yellow-brown color.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
Used this way, caramel is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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