choc·o·late  (chô'kə-lĭt, chôk'lĭt, chŏk'-) 
n. Fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground cacao seeds, often combined with a sweetener or flavoring agent. A beverage made by mixing water or milk with chocolate. A small, chocolate-covered candy with a hard or soft center. A grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.
adj. Made or flavored with chocolate: chocolate pudding. Of a grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.
[Spanish, from Nahuatl xocolatl : xococ, bitter + atl, water.]
choc·o·lat·y, choc·o·lat·ey (-lĭ-tē) adj. |
