caramelo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- butterscotch noun A hard candy or sauce made from butter, brown sugar, and syrup.
- caramel noun A chewy candy or sauce made by heating sugar until it turns golden-brown.
- toffee noun A chewy sweet made by boiling sugar and butter (or milk) until it hardens on cooling.
Senses
caramelo is used for these senses in English:
- butterscotch A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
- caramel (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
- toffee (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
caramel — full definition
- noun A chewy candy or sauce made by heating sugar until it turns golden-brown.
- adj Having a yellowish-brown color like caramel candy.