Definitions for chocolate
ˈtʃɔ kə lɪt, ˈtʃɒk ə-, ˈtʃɔk lɪt, ˈtʃɒk-choco·late

Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate(noun)

   a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

2. chocolate(noun)

   a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

3. chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber(noun)

   a medium brown to dark-brown color

Wiktionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chocolate(Noun)

   A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans

   Chocolate is a very popular treat.

   Etymology: Often said to come from xoccolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and ātl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

2. chocolate(Noun)

   A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate

   He bought her some chocolates as a gift.

   Etymology: Often said to come from xoccolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and ātl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

3. chocolate(Noun)

   A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate

   Etymology: Often said to come from xoccolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and ātl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

4. chocolate(Adjective)

   Made of or containing chocolate

   Etymology: Often said to come from xoccolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and ātl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

5. chocolate(Adjective)

   Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color

   Etymology: Often said to come from xoccolatl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ, bitter, and ātl, water, (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chocolate(noun)

   a paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla

   Etymology: [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa.]

2. Chocolate(noun)

   the beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk

   Etymology: [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chocolate

   Chocolate is a processed, typically sweetened food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central America and Northern South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the beans are dried, then cleaned, and then roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground to cocoa mass, pure chocolate in rough form. Because this cocoa mass usually is liquefied then molded with or without other ingredients, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Unsweetened baking chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chocolate

   chok′ō-lāt, n. a preparation of the seeds of Theobroma cacao, made by grinding the seeds mixed with water to a very fine paste: a beverage made by dissolving this paste in boiling water.—adj. chocolate-coloured, dark reddish-brown: made of or flavoured with chocolate. [Sp. chocolate; from Mex. chocolatl, chocolate.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chocolate

   a paste made by grinding the kernels of cocoa-nuts.

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1. chocolate

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chocolate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1525

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chocolate' in Nouns Frequency: #1620

How to pronounce chocolate?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say chocolate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chocolate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chocolate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of chocolate in a Sentence

1. Dana Mroueh:

   We really want to have a minimal impact on the environment by using as little electricity as possible, my chocolate is made up of 70 percent cocoa and 30 percent brown sugar. We don't add cocoa butter or plant oil. It's only raw cocoa and sugar.

2. Ervin Smolinski:

   Every month, I buy some instant tickets and send them as gifts to family members who have birthdays that month, it’s turned into a bit of a tradition, and now everyone sends me scratch offs and chocolate for my birthday.

3. Kristin Davis:

   I'm worried about Black people, like me, getting hurt. Some skin is like chocolate. Some is like vanilla. Some is mixed together like mine. But we're all people, even though I'm Kristin Davis, it's important to speak my voice so people can hear me and know they can share their voice too, just like me.

4. Keri Gans:

   If you're someone who works from home and you find yourself wandering into the kitchen too many times, or if you keep visiting an office kitchen that's packed with snacks, here chewing a piece of gum may help, it's putting something in your mouth, it's keeping it busy, it has this great flavor in it, and you might be less likely to reach for food... or that piece of chocolate on your co-worker's desk.

5. Mike Hawkins:

   To start with, it just tastes like chocolate, then Sarah Wayne can feel the actual heat coming through, then the chocolate comes back in so it gets a richness, then all the chili comes back, it's the strongest chili chocolate I've ever tried, I must admit.

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