hot chocolate
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A warm beverage usually made of cocoa and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
hahtchawkluhtSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhɑtˈtʃɔklət
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
uncountable
A warm beverage usually made of cocoa and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather.
A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
uncountable
A powder usually made from cocoa, sugar, and other ingredients, used to prepare this beverage.
countable
A serving of this beverage.
verb
intransitiveinformal
To consume hot chocolate.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A warm beverage usually made of cocoa and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather.
Used this way, hot chocolate is a reasonably familiar word with a mildly favourable edge. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Positive and appreciative
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Geography/travel
- Weather/aviation
- Technical/specialist writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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