chocolate

noun

(chiefly uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

(chiefly uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).

(countable) A cat having a chocolate-colored coat.

(countable, slang) A black person.

(uncountable) Blackness.

verb

(transitive, rare, chiefly in the past participle) To add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate.

(rare, biology) To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium.

adjective

Made of or containing chocolate.

Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

(slang) Black (relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin).

Roots

xocolatlchocolate- · Nahuatl · chocolate drink

Synonyms for chocolate

cocoan carameln toffeen pralinen butterscotchn coffeen nougatn bonbonn fudgev marzipann

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The word chocolate breaks down into one root of Nahuatl origin: the root chocolate-, from Nahuatl xocolatl (“chocolate drink”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.