chocolate
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
chawkluhtSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtʃɔklət
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
chiefly uncountable
A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
A food made from roasted ground cacao beans
uncountable
A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).
A medium brown to dark-brown color
countable
A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
adjective
Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
Made of or containing chocolate.
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This meaning: A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
Used this way, chocolate is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use chocolate
- “She loves to eat a bar of dark chocolate after dinner.”noun
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Sense: drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
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