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Noun: chocolate  chó-k(u-)lut
  1. A food made from roasted ground cacao beans, usually sweetened and eaten as dark brown solid confectionary
    "She savoured a piece of dark chocolate after dinner"
     
  2. A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
    "She topped her hot chocolate with marshmallows";
    - cocoa, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate, cacao
     
  3. A medium brown to dark-brown colour
    "The leather sofa was upholstered in a rich chocolate";
    - coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber, cocoa

Derived forms: chocolates

Type of: beverage, brown, brownness, drink, drinkable, food, grub [informal], kai [NZ, informal], khana [Asia], nosh [Brit, informal], potable [formal], provender [archaic], solid food

Encyclopedia: Chocolate, Mexico