Word forms: plural chocolates1. variable nounChocolate 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.
2. See also milk chocolate, plain chocolate
3. uncountable nounChocolate 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.
A cup of chocolate can be referred to as a chocolate or a hot chocolate.
I'll have a hot chocolate please.
4. countable nounChocolates 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.
5. colourChocolate 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-coloured coat beside the case.