chocolate
noun
/ˈtʃɒklət/
Word Forms
| singular | chocolate |
| plural | chocolates |
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- 1uncountable a sweet brown food eaten as a sweet or used for flavouring other food
Would you like a piece of chocolate?
a chocolate bar/bar of chocolate (=a long block of chocolate)
Synonyms and related wordsSweet food and dessertsangelicaapple piebanana split- 1aonly before nounmade from or tasting of chocolate
chocolate cake/biscuits/mousse
Synonyms and related wordsWords used to describe specific tastes and flavoursacidacidicagedSynonyms and related wordsTasting like a particular thingbutterychalkycheesy - 1bcountable a small sweet made from chocolate
a box of chocolates
Synonyms and related wordsSweets and other confectionerybarley sugarboiled sweetbubble gum
- 2countable/uncountable a drink made by pouring hot water or milk over a sweet chocolate powder, or a cup of this drinkSynonyms and related wordsNon-alcoholic drinksamericanoangosturabarley water
- 3uncountable a dark brown colourSynonyms and related wordsColoursapricotaquaaquamarine
chocolate
noun
/ˈtʃɑklət/
Word Forms
| singular | chocolate |
| plural | chocolates |
© Andrew Hounslea/Getty Images
© Pete Farrington/EyeE/Getty Images
© PhotoDisc/Getty Images
© Sacha Fernandez/Moment/Getty Images
© Macmillan Education Limited
- 1uncountable a sweet brown food used for making candy or flavoring other food
Would you like a piece of chocolate?
a chocolate bar/bar of chocolate (=a long block of chocolate candy)
Synonyms and related wordsSweet food and dessertsangelicaapple piebanana split- 1aonly before nounmade from or tasting of chocolate
chocolate cake/cookies/mousse
Synonyms and related wordsWords used to describe specific tastes and flavorsacidacidicagedSynonyms and related wordsTasting like a particular thingbutterychalkycheesy - 1bcountable a small piece of candy made from chocolate
a box of chocolates
Synonyms and related wordsSweets and other confectionerybarley sugarboiled sweetbonbon
- 2countable/uncountable a drink made by pouring hot water or milk over a sweet chocolate powder, or a cup of this drinkSynonyms and related wordsNon-alcoholic drinksamericanoangosturabitter lemon
- 3uncountable a dark brown colorSynonyms and related wordsColorsapricotaquaaquamarine