chocolate
noun
choc·o·late
ˈchä-k(ə-)lət 
ˈchȯ-
ˈchȯ-
1
: a beverage made by mixing chocolate with water or milk
The boy stirred the chocolate before drinking it.
2
: a food prepared from ground roasted cacao beans
The cake recipe calls for four squares of chocolate.
3
: a small candy with a center (such as a fondant) and a chocolate coating
gave her a box of chocolates
4
: a brownish gray
The bird's plumage was a shade of chocolate.
chocolate
adjective
Examples of chocolate in a Sentence
The cake recipe calls for four squares of chocolate.
She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.
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Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2025
All those Cadbury eggs and chocolate bunnies at Easter call out to me.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
For the chocolate version, forget about those enormous, out-of-season strawberries with white centers and no flavor.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
What Can Energy Storage Do for You? Energy storage is the peanut butter to the chocolate of renewable energy, making all the best traits about clean energy even better and balancing out some of its downsides.
—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chocolate
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“Chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chocolate. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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chocolate
noun
choc·o·late
ˈchäk-(ə-)lət
ˈchȯk-
ˈchȯk-
1
: a beverage of chocolate in water or milk
2
: a food prepared from ground roasted cacao beans
3
: a candy made of or coated with chocolate
4
: a brownish gray
chocolate
adjective
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