chocolate

Chocolate means prepared cacao seeds mixed with a sweetener, or a deep brownish color with red or gray tones. (noun)

Chocolate means made with cacao beans mixed with sweetener, or having a deep brownish and reddish or grayish coloring. (adjective)

See chocolate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a paste, powder, syrup, or bar made from cacao seeds that have been roasted and ground
a drink made of chocolate, hot milk or water, and sugar
a candy made of or coated with chocolate
reddish brown

adjective

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See chocolate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(chôˈkə-lĭt, chôkˈlĭt, chŏkˈ-)

noun

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.

adjective

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