chocolate

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♦ choco|late /tʃ'ɒklɪt, AM tʃ'ɔːk-/ (chocolates)
1 [N-MASS]
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.
see also milk chocolate, plain chocolate
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
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-COUNT]
A cup of chocolate can be referred to as a chocolate or a hot chocolate.
I'll have a hot chocolate please.
3 [N-COUNT]
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.
4 [COLOUR]
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.milk choco|late
[N-UNCOUNT]
Milk chocolate is chocolate that has been made with milk. It is lighter in colour and has a creamier taste than plain chocolate.plain choco|late
[N-UNCOUNT]
Plain chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate. (BRIT; in AM, use dark chocolate)

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