butterscotch
A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanillaA hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
» Tom likes butterscotch.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
Buttertoffee
ири́сirís, ири́скаiríska
a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
(uncountable, usually)A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients.
(uncountable, usually)A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
Examples
2 sentencesTom likes butterscotch.
I love butterscotch candy!
Translations
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Origin
From butter + scotch, with the second element deriving (not from scotch whiskey or ScotlanFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: butterscotches| Singular | butterscotch |
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uncountable
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable