Definition of "caramel" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.

2. (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

3. A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

adjective

1. Of a yellow-brown color.

verb

1. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.