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chocolate

[chaw-kuh-lit, chok-uh-, chawk-lit, chok-]

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noun

a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.

a beverage made by dissolving such a preparation in milk or water, served hot or cold: a cup of hot chocolate.

candy made from such a preparation.

an individual piece of this candy.

any syrup or flavoring made from this preparation or artificially imitating its flavor.

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a dark brown color.

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adjective

made, flavored, or covered with chocolate: chocolate cake; chocolate ice cream.

having the color of chocolate; dark-brown.

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Chocolate is always a great word to know.

So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Origin:
1595–1605; < Spanish < Nahuatl chocolātl

Related forms

choc·o·lat·y, choc·o·lat·ey, adjective

Can be confused: cacao, chocolate, coca, cocoa, coke.

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Truffles, the chocolate kind, usually have creamy ganache centers.

Finally, you can also dress it up a bit with chocolate chips once it's cooled.

The chocolate shop on the ground floor beckons with all sorts of heavenly aromas.

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Truffles, the chocolate kind, usually have creamy ganache centers.

Finally, you can also dress it up a bit with chocolate chips once it's cooled.

The chocolate shop on the ground floor beckons with all sorts of heavenly aromas.

Satisfying your craving for chocolate is easy, no matter where you are in the world.

Then an observer timed how long the person savored the morsel of chocolate.

Melt down a chocolate bunny and whaddaya know, you've got molten chocolate-perfect for fondue.

Gold-frosted chocolate leaves dress up holiday desserts.

The result is something that looks as if it were partially dipped in chocolate.

Gimmicks don't often mix well with the art of making chocolate.

My diet doesn't need chocolate bars because it's about nutrition.

A4 paper and chocolate are among the items that have at one point been barred.

Melt chocolate in a pot or a microwave and have students dip marshmallows into the chocolate.

Studies abound detailing the effects of chocolate on our nervous systems.

Dark chocolate cocoa was everyone's favorite, with milk chocolate a close runner-up.

For deep flavor, try this version made with espresso powder and dark chocolate.

In addition, the kids usually each end up with one whose windows open to a piece of chocolate each day.

Cut the chocolate into one-inch pieces and place in a saucepan.

Google is also addictive, but in the way that chocolate is, not in the way that cigarettes are.

The color, which represents wholesomeness and earthiness, also shows up in man-made goods from clothing to chocolate.

Fruit is pretty sweet, eat fruit instead of that chocolate ice cream.

Edwards recalls a favorite story of discovery, the creation of the chocolate chip cookie.

Chocolate is great on its own, but having a chunky nut crust compliments the creamy filling in a delicious way.

That's kind of a creepy thing to put on a box of chocolate.

AT culinary benefits where more than one dessert is served, something with chocolate is inevitable.

Gourmet chocolate bars are the equivalent of a designer handbag.

Give each group of students one of the following in a large bowl: chocolate syrup, corn syrup or vegetable oil, and one feather.

It¿s the reverse process that one experiences downwind from a pig farm or chocolate factory.

Apart from its apricot filling, the recipe seems pretty simplechocolate on chocolate.

White chocolate is sweeter and creamier, making it a good choice for hot chocolate.

Chocolate fountains that spill into rivers that run the length of the venue.

His was a chocolate cake dense as fudge, topped with chocolate cream light as ljulhter, surmounted by curls of chocolate.

Top this version with a layer of crushed holiday candy and mini chocolate chips.

Sundae maker with pre-heated hot chocolate and whipped cream.

On the chocolate front, make crunching numbers more fun for your sweetie with a giant chocolate calculator.

These rich chocolate brownies are topped with a delicate layer of peppermint candy.

Chocolate syrup can also be used to create a bit more maroon color.

Most women say they want flowers, jewelry and chocolate.

Meanwhile melt chocolate over hot water and whip the cream.

Even when you find a melted chocolate bar on the front seat of the car.

From one room wafts the bittersweet smell of chocolate being gently heated and stirred by chocolatiers.

Chocolate can affect canines in different ways--from the mildly upsetting to the downright dangerous.

For the richest flavor, use dark chocolate and cocoa such as.

Swedish women who ate one to two servings of dark chocolate a week.

He also wished he had added a few more calories to the diet and ten more pieces of chocolate for the two explorers to share.

People who eat chocolate appear to have increased survival rates.

Melt wax and chocolate chips together in a double boiler.

But we¿ve yet to see a scientific study on the results of consuming a chocolate brain.

There's a chocolate-colored tee with the molecule theobromine, the chemical that makes chocolate so fun.

From chewy chocolate chip to coffee-flavored meringues, they're as easy to make as they are divine.

But when it came time to eat the chips, the chocolate and sardines scenarios had zero effect on actual enjoyment.

Chocolate can stir affection and awaken the taste buds, but some people wonder if it can have.

Yet another walks in late, looking scruffy and eating a chocolate cereal bar.

My dark chocolate skin and my bold jaw line complimented my broad nose and my full lips.

Place a double boiler or small saucepan over low heat, and melt butter and chocolate together.

The fillings include vanilla or chocolate custard, fruit fillings, or sweetened cream cheese.

No matter what form it appears in, chocolate ranks up there with all-time favorite desserts.

The recipe for the consummate chocolate chip cookie builds on decades of acquired knowledge, experience and secrets.

Spencer stood in front of a magnetron tube and noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted.

She was the size of a large pheasant and was perched on a low stump, her chocolate wings spread protectively over her nest.

And stacking the chocolate milk behind the white milk led more students to reach for the straight up moo juice.

Unlike chocolate chip cookies, or brownies, which rarely get wilder than the addition of.

For your valentine, use a chocolate maker's favorite recipe.

Rolex are three-story towers of polished wood and leather, and each meeting comes with an offer of an espresso and some chocolate.

Dulce de leche now comes in dark chocolate that's spreadable but not too sweet.

At the cash registers, a man piles up bags of bloody meat as a woman waits to pay for a dainty square of chocolate.

The don't-miss dessert: a mango sticky rice crepe drenched in chocolate sauce.

They may not change from baby blue to chocolate brown, but light-colored eyes can noticeably deepen in shade.

Whether you crave chocolate and nuts or tangy lemon, you have many options here, from fruit-filled bars and buttery blondies.

Other studies have also had nice things to say about dark chocolate and steak.

Bug bits end up in such foods as chocolate and peanut butter.

Participants in an aspirin study who couldn't swear off chocolate helped researchers find some sweet science.

Which is why everybody likes a wedding more than a funeral, or chocolate more than gum surgery.

These synesthetes tend to taste childhood things such as chocolate and lollipops, she says.

Bacon, sausage, chocolate and even cheesecake quickly became favorites of laboratory.

One dessert consists of coconut meat dipped in pungent chocolate that's been coaxed from the seeds of the indigenous cacao trees.

Kiwi slices were laid on top of chocolate icing in the shape of a vague double helix.

Combine chocolate and half-and-half in top of a double broiler.

Place over simmering water until chocolate is almost melted.

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World English Dictionary

chocolate (ˈtʃɒkəlɪt, ˈtʃɒklɪt, -lət)

—n
1.	a food preparation made from roasted ground cacao seeds, usually sweetened and flavoured
2.	a drink or sweetmeat made from this
3.	a. a moderate to deep brown colour
	b. (as adjective): a chocolate carpet

[C17: from Spanish, from Aztec xocolatl, from xococ sour, bitter + atl water]

'chocolaty

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

chocolate

1604, from Nahuatl xocolatl, from xococ "bitter" + atl "water." Brought to Spain for first time 1520.

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