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Definitions for cachoukəˈʃu, kæ-, ˈkæʃ u

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ca•choukəˈʃu, kæ-, ˈkæʃ u(n.)(pl.)-chous.

  1. a lozenge for sweetening the breath.

    Category: Pharmacology

Origin of cachou:

1700–10; < F < Pg cachu < Malay; see catechu

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cachou(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. cachou(Noun)

    A sweet taken to sweeten the breath.

    2. Origin: French cachou, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu ‘type of acacia’.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cachou(noun)

    a silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath

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