Meaning

2 senses

  1. A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.

    a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)

  2. A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.

Origin

From French cachou, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu (“type of acacia”).

From French cachou, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu (“type of acacia”).

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Forms

plural: cachous
Singularcachou
Pluralcachous

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
caboodlecacaocachecacklecacophonycactus

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