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chocolate | boom |

As a verb chocolate

is .

As an adjective chocolate

is chocolate (attributive).

As a noun boom is

.

chocolate

Noun

  • (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
  • Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  • (uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
  • (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
  • He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
  • As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .

    Derived terms

    * bar of chocolate * choc * choccy * chocoholic * chocolate-box * chocolate chip * chocolate leather * chocolate phosphate * chocolate plastic * chocolate tree * chocolatey, chocolaty * compound chocolate * dark chocolate * hot chocolate * milk chocolate * modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate * plain chocolate * white chocolate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of or containing chocolate.
  • Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
  • See also

    * black bottom pie * Black Forest gateau * brownie * cacao * carob * cocoa bean * cocoa butter * * devil's food cake * ganache * lamington * marquise * mocha * mochaccino * mole * Nanaimo bar * praline * sacher torte * tollhouse cookie * truffle *

    References

    * * 2000 , Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica , vol. 11, pages 55–75. * 1983 , Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.

    boom

    English

    (wikipedia boom)

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoetic, perhaps borrowed; compare German (m), Dutch (m).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a loud, resonant sound.
  • Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.
    The cannon boomed , recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.
    Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.
    I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.
  • (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
  • *
  • To make something boom.
  • Men in grey robes slowly booming the drums of death.
  • (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
  • * (rfdate), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
  • If you pull this off every paper in England and America will be booming you.
  • To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
  • * Totten
  • She comes booming down before it.
    Derived terms
    * boom box * sonic boom

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
  • ''The boom of the surf.
  • One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
  • * 1990 , Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
  • Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare English (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
  • A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
  • A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
  • (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted.
  • A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill.
  • A wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
  • The arm of a crane (mechanical lifting machine).
  • The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
  • to boom''' out a sail; to '''boom off a boat

    Etymology 3

    Or uncertain origin; perhaps a development of Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics, business) A period of prosperity or high market activity.
  • Antonyms
    * (period of prosperity) recession

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be prosperous.
  • ''Business was booming .
  • (dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
  • to boom railroad or mining shares
    Synonyms
    * (to be prosperous) flourish, prosper
    Derived terms
    * sis boom bah * boom town/boomtown

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