1. to heat sugar until it becomes brown and develops a rich, sweet flavor
Usage: cooking
2. to cook food until its natural sugars turn brown and sweet
Usage: cooking

Examples

• Heat the sugar in a pan until it begins to caramelize.
• The chef caramelized the onions slowly over low heat.
• Caramelize the sugar before adding it to the custard.
• The apples will caramelize beautifully in the butter.
• Let the vegetables caramelize for about ten minutes.
• She learned to caramelize sugar for making candy.