Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - chocolate

(chocolates) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet. ...a bar of chocolate... Do you want some chocolate? ...rich chocolate cake. N-MASS see also milk chocolate, plain chocolate 2. Chocolate or hot chocolate is a drink made from a powder containing chocolate. It is usually made with hot milk. ...a small cafeteria where the visitors can buy tea, coffee and chocolate... I sipped the hot chocolate she had made. N-UNCOUNT • A cup of chocolate can be referred to as a chocolate or a hot chocolate. I’ll have a hot chocolate please. N-COUNT 3. Chocolates are small sweets or nuts covered with a layer of chocolate. They are usually sold in a box. ...a box of chocolates... Here, have a chocolate. N-COUNT 4. Chocolate is used to describe things that are dark brown in colour. The curtains and the coverlet of the bed were chocolate velvet... She placed the chocolate-colored coat beside the case. COLOUR