"caramelise" meaning in English

See caramelise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkar(ə)məlʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caramelize.wav [UK] Forms: caramelise [canonical], caramelises [third-person, singular], caramelised [past], caramelised [past, participle], caramelising [present, participle]
Etymology: caramel + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|caramel|ise}} caramel + -ise Head templates: {{verb|caramelis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you caramelise sugar, you convert it into caramel.
    Sense id: simple-caramelise-en-verb-sZwtMhVl
  2. If you caramelise sugar, you brown it by using heat.
    Sense id: simple-caramelise-en-verb-vVzFsd4x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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