Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

chocolate

17 ENTRIES FOUND:

choc·o·late

noun \ˈchä-k(ə-)lət, ˈch-\

Definition of CHOCOLATE

1
: a beverage made by mixing chocolate with water or milk
2
: a food prepared from ground roasted cacao beans
3
: a small candy with a center (as a fondant) and a chocolate coating
4
: a brownish gray
chocolate adjective

Examples of CHOCOLATE

  1. The cake recipe calls for four squares of chocolate.
  2. She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.

Origin of CHOCOLATE

Spanish, from Nahuatl chocolātl, probably alteration of eastern Nahuatl dialect chikolātl, from chikolli hook (probably used to refer to the beater used to mix chocolate with water) + ātl water, liquid
First Known Use: 1604

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: chocolate–box
Previous Word in the Dictionary: chocoholic
All Words Near: chocolate

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up chocolate? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).