chocolate

[ chaw-kuh-lit, chok-uh-, chawk-lit, chok- ]

/ ˈtʃɔ kə lɪt, ˈtʃɒk ə-, ˈtʃɔk lɪt, ˈtʃɒk- /

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noun

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.

adjective

made, flavored, or covered with chocolate: chocolate cake; chocolate ice cream.

having the color of chocolate; dark-brown.

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Origin of chocolate

First recorded in 1600–1610; from Spanish, from Nahuatl chocolātl, from chocol-, of unknown meaning (but perhaps from xococ “bitter, sour”) + ātl “water”

OTHER WORDS FROM chocolate

choc·o·lat·y, choc·o·lat·ey, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH chocolate

cacao, chocolate , cocoa

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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 Post
I made a four-layer chocolate caramel cake with several frostings on it.
Searching Symbols for the Rules of Change|Rachel Crowell|November 17, 2020|Quanta Magazine
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|Fortune
I 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 Post

For 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|DAILY BEAST
Rich and chocolaty but airy and cold, this dessert is made even more appealing by how easy it is to prepare.
What to Eat|Cookstr.com|August 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
We had a pleasant, light brown chocolaty slag, that day, which meant good iron.
Steel|Charles Rumford Walker
I 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

chocolate

/ (ˈtʃɒkəlɪt, ˈtʃɒklɪt, -lət) /

noun

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

Derived forms of chocolate

chocolaty, adjective

Word Origin for chocolate

C17: from Spanish, from Aztec xocolatl, from xococ sour, bitter + atl water

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chocolate

Origin of chocolate

OTHER WORDS FROM chocolate

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH chocolate

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