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butterscotch

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?b?t??sk?t?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?t??sk?t?/
  • Hyphenation: but?ter?scotch

Noun

butterscotch (usually uncountable, plural butterscotches)

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

Translations

Adjective

butterscotch (not comparable)

  1. Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.
  2. Having the flavour of butterscotch.

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

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ribbon

English

Etymology

From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (necklace, literally ring-band).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???b?n/
  • Rhymes: -?b?n

Noun

ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)

  1. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  2. An awareness ribbon.
  3. An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  4. A narrow strip or shred.
    a steel or magnesium ribbon
    sails torn to ribbons
    1. (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
  5. (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband
  6. (nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
  7. A watchspring.
  8. A bandsaw.
  9. (slang, dated, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
    • 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins
      "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot.
  10. (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  11. (spinning) A sliver.
  12. (journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
  13. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? Japanese: ??? (ribon)
  • ? Korean: ?? (ribon)

Translations

See also

  • riband

Verb

ribbon (third-person singular simple present ribbons, present participle ribboning, simple past and past participle ribboned)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.
    Synonym: beribbon
  2. (transitive) To stripe or streak.

Anagrams

  • Robbin, robbin

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