n.
- a food made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened and eaten as confectionery.
▸a sweet made of or covered with chocolate.
- a drink made by mixing milk or water with chocolate.
- a deep brown colour.
Derivative
- chocolatey
(also chocolaty)
adj.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. chocolat or Sp. chocolate, from Nahuatl chocolatl, influenced by unrelated cacaua-atl ‘drink made from cacao’.