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baker's chocolate

baker's chocolate noun: unsweetened chocolate mostly used for cooking.

Noun

baker's chocolate (countable and uncountable, plural baker's chocolates)

  1. Unsweetened chocolate mostly used for cooking.

Synonyms of baker's chocolate

Forms of baker's chocolate

pluralbaker's chocolates

Origin of baker's chocolate

Originally a brand name, Baker's Chocolate, produced by the Baker Chocolate Company, founded in part by and named for James Baker. The fact that the chocolate is used by bakers probably influenced the selection, and surely influenced the genericization, of the name.

Questions about baker's chocolate

What does baker's chocolate mean?
Baker's chocolate means unsweetened chocolate mostly used for cooking.
What part of speech is baker's chocolate?
Baker's chocolate is a noun.
What is the plural of baker's chocolate?
The plural of baker's chocolate is baker's chocolates.

Words near baker's chocolate in the dictionary

  1. Baker Street
  2. Baker Street Irregular
  3. Baker Street Irregulars
  4. baker's
  5. baker's ammonia
  6. baker's chocolate
  7. baker's chocolates
  8. Baker's cyst
  9. Baker's cysts
  10. baker's dozen
  11. baker's dozens

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