chocolate

noun
choc·o·late
/ˈtʃɒk.(ə.)lət/

A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

Example

“Chocolate is a very popular treat.”

Other meanings

A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
“He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.”

Synonyms

cocoa
drinking chocolate

Example sentences

“Would you like a chocolate chip cookie?”
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“You like the chocolate ones, right?”
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“Would you like a chocolate?”
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Word history

From Spanish "chocolate".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “chocolate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.