bittersweet chocolate
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈbɪtərˌswit ˈtʃɔkələt/
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chocolate semiamargo
- Sprinkle the bittersweet chocolate over the bottom of the crust, return to the oven until it melts, and spread it in a thin layer over the bottom of the crust.
- bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- ounces bittersweet chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate, 2 cups
Examples
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The first batch I made using bittersweet chocolate, as she suggests, was so decadent and perfect.
Blog text (6) -
The man's beard is the color of bittersweet chocolate.
Fiction book (1997) -
What you really want for cookies are bittersweet chocolate chunks.
Blog text (15) -
You take bittersweet chocolate and don't sweeten it.
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"Bittersweet chocolate, I mean."
Fiction book (1999) -
Remove from oven, and sprinkle bittersweet chocolate over the bottom of the crust.
Blog text (12) -
But then I was out of bittersweet chocolate, and I don't know where all the pudding went, so I had to improvise the second batch.
Blog text (6) -
The first chocolate comes in the form of a layer of bittersweet chocolate on the crust that is topped with the semisweet chocolate pumpkin pie, and the final chocolate comes in the form of a milk.
Blog text (3) -
Her love of food was sparked by an extended stay in Florence, Italy, where she assisted in the kitchen, shaving bittersweet chocolate over creamy, homemade tiramisu.
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Every day, after lunch, I have one piece of bittersweet chocolate to satisfy my sweet tooth.
Synonyms
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1.6
A kind of chocolate that has lots of cocoa, little or no milk, and less sugar than milk chocolate
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1.8
A type of chocolate that is not very sweet and is good for baking
How Bitter
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'bittersweet' describes a taste that is both bitter and sweet, and 'chocolate' names the confection, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to chocolate with a bittersweet flavor. This compositional, literal pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English modification rules, making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The name bittersweet chocolate comes from its taste: it is more bitter because of the cocoa but still a little sweet from sugar, so the two tastes mix. That's why the name tells you it is 'less sweet' than milk chocolate and similar to 'dark' chocolate.