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plain chocolate

(Cookery) chocolate with a slightly bitter flavour and dark colour. Compare milk chocolate

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Translations

شِيكُولاتَة سادَةصِرف، مَحْض، خالِص

hořká čokoláda

mørk chokoladeren chokolade

Zartbitterschokolade

σοκολάτα υγείας

chocolate amargo chocolate sin leche

tumma suklaa

chocolat à croquer

tamna čokolada

étcsokoládé

át-/suîusúkkulaîi

cioccolato fondente

ブラックチョコレート

향료가 안 든 초콜릿

horká čokoláda

mörk choklad

ช็อกโกแลตที่รสค่อนข้างขมและมีสีดำ

sade çikolatasütsüz/bitter çikolata

Socola nguyên chất

黑巧克力

plain chocolate

n → cioccolato fondente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

plain

(plein) adjective

1. simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration. plain living; good, plain food.

2. easy to understand; clear. His words were quite plain.

3. absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful. I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.

4. obvious. It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.

5. not pretty. a rather plain girl.

noun

1. a large flat level piece of land. the plains of central Canada.

2. a kind of knitting stitch.

ˈplainly adverb

ˈplainness noun

plain chocolate

dark chocolate not containing milk.

plain clothes ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; adjective (etc)

a plain-clothes job.

plain sailing

progress without difficulty.

ˌplain-ˈspoken adjective

speaking honestly and candidly, not trying to be tactful. She is a very plain-spoken person who always says what she means.

in plain English

in simple words; clearly expressed. Would you mind explaining it in plain English?

plain chocolate

→ شِيكُولاتَة سادَة hořká čokoláda ren chokolade Zartbitterschokolade σοκολάτα υγείας chocolate amargo, chocolate sin leche tumma suklaa chocolat à croquer tamna čokolada cioccolato fondente ブラックチョコレート 향료가 안 든 초콜릿 pure chocola mørk sjokolade zwykła czekolada chocolate puro черный шоколад mörk choklad ช็อกโกแลตที่รสค่อนข้างขมและมีสีดำ sade çikolata Socola nguyên chất 黑巧克力

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