Chocolate

/ˈt͡ʃɒk.(ə.)lɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(chiefly uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
2. (chiefly uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
3. (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
4. (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).
5. (countable) A cat having a chocolate-colored coat.
6. (countable, slang) A black person.
7. Made of or containing chocolate.
8. Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

Example Sentences

Chocolate is a very popular treat.

In eighteenth century France, many aphrodisiac dishes and pastries were compounded with chocolate.

Chocolate came in those fairy cups of India china, which made the delight of our grandmothers, and whose value was such, that the poet satirist considered their loss to be the severest trial to a woman's feelings—alias her temper;...

He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.

Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber.

As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate.

"I suppose you have some of your sweet chocolates working for you?" Barney nodded.

“How is my sexy chocolate?” Mark says on the other end.

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Word Forms

• chocolates
• more chocolate
• most chocolate
• chocolating
• chocolated

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