■ noun
1》 a food made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened and eaten as confectionery.
↘a sweet made of or covered with ~.
2》 a drink made by mixing milk or water with ~.
3》 a deep brown colour.
Derivatives
~y (also chocolaty ) adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr. chocolat or Sp. ~ , from Nahuatl chocolatl , influenced by unrelated cacaua-atl 'drink made from cacao'.