choc|o|late

choc|o|late
choc|o|late «CHK liht, CHOK-; -uh liht», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a substance made by roasting and grinding cacao seeds. Chocolate has a strong, rich flavor and is often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla. It has much value as food.
2. a drink made of chocolate with hot milk or water and sugar.
3. candy made of chocolate; a piece of candy made of or covered with chocolate.
4. Also, chocolate brown. a dark-brown color; the color of chocolate: »

cloth varying from deep chocolate to chestnut.

–adj.
1. made of or flavored with chocolate: »

chocolate cake.

2. dark-brown.
╂[< Mexican Spanish chocolate < Nahuatl chocolatl (literally) acrid, or sour, water]

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