chocolate

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"Stay a while longer, and we'll have tea,--chocolate, too, which I know you like better Course I'll stay," said Patty; "your chocolate is always the best ever.

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  1. noun Fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground cacao seeds, often combined with a sweetener or flavoring agent.
  2. noun A beverage made by mixing water or milk with chocolate.
  3. noun A small, chocolate-covered candy with a hard or soft center.
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  • Despite the attention on dark varieties, milk chocolate is Americans 'true love, accounting for 80 percent of total chocolate sales, according to the market research firm ACNielsen.
  • While the wine and cheese stations are spread throughout the gallery, the chocolate will be available in the Rawleigh Gallery. —  The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS
  • They boast their chocolate is the finest in a country which claims it seriously challenges —  News
  • He gets excited about a 50\% off sale, when the chocolate is all free. —  About Today
  • Seroogy's has made candy in De Pere, just outside of Green Bay, for more than 100 years, and their chocolate is the richest, creamiest and most addictive I have ever tasted. —  OnMilwaukee.com
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Words tagged chocolate

cocoa · chocolate · stercus · trinitario · theobroma cacao · forastero · theobromine · bean · criollo · bittersweet · cacao

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  1. Spanish, from Nahuatl xocolatl : xococ, bitter + atl, water.

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  1. = D. Danish chokolade = German chocolade = Swedish chocolad = French chocolat = Italian cioccolata, from Spanish Portuguese chocolate, from Mexican chocolatl, chocolate, from choco, cacao, + latl, water.
 

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