chocolate

  • noun 1 a food made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened and eaten as confectionery. 2 a sweet covered with chocolate. 3 a drink made by mixing milk or water with chocolate. 4 a deep brown colour.

  — DERIVATIVES chocolatey (also chocolaty) adjective.

  — ORIGIN Nahuatl.

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