chocolate
- noun
- /ˈtʃɔk.lɪt/
- Give me a hot chocolate to go, a large one.
- hot chocolate
- chocolate beverage
There's a Swedish, Swedish bloke owns Husky Chocolate, which is a chocolate drink.
- There's a Swedish, Swedish bloke owns Husky Chocolate, which is a chocolate drink.
Examples
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I sat there sipping my hot chocolate in the waiting area for food and people.
Fiction book (1994) -
My favorite winter treat is a hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and marshmallows.
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And then while we're going to go inside and drink our chocolate by the fire.
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Child, if you want hot chocolate, go fix it yourself.
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"Would you like to go someplace to get some hot chocolate or coffee?" Ross asked hopefully.
Fiction book (1994) -
And later, we're gonna have some hot chocolate, and then we're gonna decorate the whole house.
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We'll have a midnight fashion show and drink hot chocolate before we retire to our suites, like English ladies.
Fiction book (1990) -
Willie used to fix cinnamon toast and hot chocolate for me.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I drank that big thermos of hot chocolate.
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Mrs. Bergeron poured a mug of hot chocolate for Dolly and dropped five tiny marshmallows into it.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
A sweet warm drink made from cocoa and milk
Hot drink made from powder of roasted cacao beans with milk and sugar
A hot sweet drink made from cocoa and milk
Idioms
Compounds
A kind of chocolate that has lots of cocoa, little or no milk, and less sugar than milk chocolate
A light, creamy dessert made from chocolate, eggs, cream, and sugar whipped until soft
A light, fluffy baked dessert made with chocolate and beaten eggs that rises in the oven
A dark chocolate made from cocoa that has little sugar and a slightly bitter taste
- Specialized
A thick dark paste made by grinding cocoa beans that forms the base for chocolate
A plant that lives for several years with divided leaves and hanging brown-purple and orange-pink flowers
An unexpected pleasant gift or event that feels like a small box of chocolates
A plant that lives for many years with divided leaves and brown-purple and orange flowers that hang down
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Chocolate comes from the Nahuatl word xocolātl, which meant 'bitter water' because people first drank a dark, bitter drink made from cacao beans. That's why calling a hot cup 'chocolate' still fits — it began as a cacao drink.