butterscotch

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
2. (uncountable, usually) A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients.
3. (uncountable, usually) A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
2. (not-comparable) Having the flavour of butterscotch.

Synonyms

bananas Foster

Translations

الحلوى

Butterbonbon

caramel

cassonade

toffee

doce de manteiga

azúcar moreno

butterscotch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌtɚˌskɑt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From butter + scotch, with the second element deriving (not from scotch whiskey or Scotland, but) from Middle English scocchen (“to score, nick, cut”), in reference to how the candy is boiled and hardened and then usually scored to make breaking it apart easier. The word is usually said to have originally been a trademark of Parkinson's, who is claimed to have invented it.