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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A syrup, sauce, candy, or flavoring made by melting butter and brown sugar together.
  2. n. A golden or tawny brown.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla
  2. n. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
  3. adj. Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
  4. adj. Having the flavour of butterscotch.

Etymologies

  1. Alteration of butterscot : butter + scot, of unknown origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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.”

    Still on Holiday

  • “But it ain’t a butterscotch surprise cake without the butterscotch, is it?”

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 19, 2010

  • “I saw the word butterscotch in the DB forum and just HAD to click * drool*.”

    Daring Bakers Challenge - Opéra Cake

  • “#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”

    butterscotch.com: Newest Episodes

  • “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.”

    NYT > Home Page

  • “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.”

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Let them eat cake

  • “So today I wanted to try making "butterscotch" divinity.”

    Archive 2008-04-01

  • “Birch's "butterscotch;" while, as to the brown lemon stick, it was beyond praise.”

    Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home

  • “Afterward, in the ice cream parlor, Jane had spooned butterscotch sundae into her mouth and listened to the debate swirling around her.”

    Simon & Schuster: Uprising

  • “I hop into the space between the two beds, and he reaches onto the night table and puts on his stupid butterscotch glasses.”

    Simon & Schuster: Angry Young Man

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  • lesinge awful flavor. great word. Feb 3, 2007

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