noun / adjective
chocolate
CHAWK-luht/ˈtʃɔːklət/
A cacao-based food, commonly sweetened.
The broken chocolate bar shows its solid interior.
Etymology
The borrowed name first referred in English to a drink. It later extended to a paste or cake of ground, roasted, sweetened cacao seeds, giving the solid-food sense.
In context
seeds are dried roasted and ground into carob powder which is used as a chocolate substitute
More examples
- She bought a box of chocolates.
- She warms her hands around a cup of hot chocolate.
- The chair is upholstered in deep chocolate fabric.
Forms
chocolate · chocolates
chocolaty adjective — Tasting or smelling like chocolate.
Similar words
- cocoa
- The powder or cacao component rather than the finished sweet food.
- confection
- A broader term for a prepared sweet.