Dutch-process

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adjective

: treated with an alkaline substance

—used of cocoa and chocolate

Dutch process

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noun

: a method of manufacturing white lead in which metallic lead gratings or plates are placed in the upper part of pots containing dilute acid and the pots stacked in fermenting tanbark or manure and left for about three months

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