Did you mean butter-scotch?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A syrup, sauce, candy, or flavoring made by melting butter and brown sugar together.
- n. A golden or tawny brown.
Wiktionary
- n. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla
- n. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
- adj. Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
- adj. Having the flavour of butterscotch.
Etymologies
- Alteration of butterscot : butter + scot, of unknown origin.
Examples
“What's good: Steak, beef & mushroom ragout, flambe prawn pasta, lamb shank, ginger pudding with brandied candy topping & ice-cream in butterscotch sauce, pear & almond pie, most of their sweets actually.”
“But it ain’t a butterscotch surprise cake without the butterscotch, is it?”
“I saw the word butterscotch in the DB forum and just HAD to click * drool*.”
“#47/December 2, 2009/4: 18 min. Jay Goldman, also known as his butterscotch alter-ego, the daring Mr. Mobile, dares you to gaze upon these”
“The slightly burnt taste recalls butterscotch as much as caramel, and calling the texture rich is a pitiful understatement: it is, in fact, so luscious that you want to fill a swimming pool with the stuff and dive in.”
“Or else you could make a kind of butterscotch glaze: just heat some brown sugar, a little unsalted butter and a dash of cream together on the stove — it makes a thick sauce which you can then pour on the cake with praline almonds.”
“So today I wanted to try making "butterscotch" divinity.”
“Birch's "butterscotch;" while, as to the brown lemon stick, it was beyond praise.”
“Afterward, in the ice cream parlor, Jane had spooned butterscotch sundae into her mouth and listened to the debate swirling around her.”
“I hop into the space between the two beds, and he reaches onto the night table and puts on his stupid butterscotch glasses.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘butterscotch’.
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There's a sucker born every minute
Keeping it clean, folks.
dragée, cachou, betel, chew, chaw, gum, bubblegum, gumball, mint, peppermint, mint imperial, after dinner mint and 18 more...
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C is for Cookie
chocolate chip, sugar, butter, oatmeal, peanut butter, pinwheel, snickerdoodle, shortbread, butterscotch, refrigerator, icebox, Girl Scout and 29 more...
lesinge awful flavor. great word. Feb 3, 2007