chocolate
a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
a beverage made by dissolving such a preparation in milk or water, served hot or cold: a cup of hot chocolate.
candy made from such a preparation.
an individual piece of this candy.
any syrup or flavoring made from this preparation or artificially imitating its flavor.
a dark brown color.
made, flavored, or covered with chocolate: chocolate cake; chocolate ice cream.
having the color of chocolate; dark-brown.
Origin of chocolate
1Other words from chocolate
- choc·o·lat·y, choc·o·lat·ey, adjective
Words that may be confused with chocolate
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How to use chocolate in a sentence
Baking homemade chocolate chip cookies was at the top of his list.
It started as a macho bake-off between dads. Months later, they’ve delivered 15,000 cookies to essential workers. | Sydney Page | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostI made a four-layer chocolate caramel cake with several frostings on it.
Since joining Nestlé in 2017, he’s shifted the portfolio away from sugary snacks including Butterfinger chocolate bars and Häagen-Dazs ice cream, while giving convenience meals like Stouffer’s a vegan makeover.
This snack food giant wants to wean us off our lockdown cravings | Bernhard Warner | November 7, 2020 | FortuneI sometimes sprinkle ground cardamom into hot chocolate, on top of a slice of toast with nut butter or even into banana bread to partner with cinnamon.
Make fragrant, floral cardamom your spice of the season with these 6 recipes | Kari Sonde | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostFor sale are apple crumble, pumpkin, sweet potato, pecan, and sea salt chocolate chess nine-inch pies.
Food & Friends looks to sell 9,000 Thanksgiving pies | Parker Purifoy | November 5, 2020 | Washington Blade
The one flavor you can always count on, however, is rich chocolate, the most chocolaty food imaginable.
Dr. Mike’s Makes the Best Ice Cream on Earth | Jane & Michael Stern | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRich and chocolaty but airy and cold, this dessert is made even more appealing by how easy it is to prepare.
We had a pleasant, light brown chocolaty slag, that day, which meant good iron.
Steel | Charles Rumford WalkerI give my icings, fillings, pies and puddings "that chocolaty taste" of Runkel's without bothering to grate chocolate.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book | Mary A. Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for chocolate
/ (ˈtʃɒkəlɪt, ˈtʃɒklɪt, -lət) /
a food preparation made from roasted ground cacao seeds, usually sweetened and flavoured
a drink or sweetmeat made from this
a moderate to deep brown colour
(as adjective): a chocolate carpet
Origin of chocolate
1Derived forms of chocolate
- chocolaty, adjective
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