Chocolate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chocolate \Choc"o*late\, n. [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the
     cacao. Cf. {Cacao}, {Cocoa}.]
     1. A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the
        {Theobroma Cacao} ground and mixed with other ingredients,
        usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or
        cake in boiling water or milk.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Chocolate house}, a house in which customers may be served
        with chocolate.
  
     {Chocolate nut}. See {Cacao}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chocolate
       n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;
            usually drunk hot [syn: {cocoa}, {hot chocolate}, {drinking
            chocolate}]
       2: a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
       3: a medium to dark brown color [syn: {coffee}, {deep brown}, {umber},
           {burnt umber}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "chocolate":
     Life Saver, Scotch kisses, beige, bonbon, brittle, brown, brownish,
     brownish-yellow, brunet, bubble gum, butterscotch, candied apple,
     candy corn, caramel, chewing gum, chocolate bar, chocolate drop,
     cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cotton candy,
     cough drop, cream, divinity, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru,
     fawn, fawn-colored, fondant, fudge, fuscous, glace, grege, gum,
     gumdrop, hard candy, hazel, honey crisp, horehound, jelly bean,
     jelly egg, jujube, khaki, kiss, lollipop, lozenge, lurid,
     marchpane, marshmallow, marzipan, mint, nougat, nut-brown,
     olive-brown, olive-drab, peanut bar, peanut brittle, peppermint,
     popcorn balls, praline, rock candy, saltwater taffy, seal,
     seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, sugar candy, sugarplum,
     taffy, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, toffee, torrone,
     tutti-frutti, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown,
     yellowish-brown