verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Alternative form of caramelize. US, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard

   "The flour will carmelize in this way just as the sugar carmelizes: that is, a change will take place."

Synonyms

All synonyms

caramelise

Example

More examples

"The flour will carmelize in this way just as the sugar carmelizes: that is, a change will take place."

Etymology

From carmel + -ize.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.