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