caramelize

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: car=a=mel=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

caramelize, v. t. 

 to to convert [usu. sugar] into caramel, by the action of heat.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caramelize, v. (also -ise)
1 a tr. convert (sugar or syrup) into caramel. b intr. (of sugar or syrup) be converted into caramel.
2 tr. coat or cook (food) with caramelized sugar or syrup.

Derivative

caramelization n.