chocolate

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: choc=o=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

chocolate, n. [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa.].

•  A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.  [1913 Webster]
•  The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.  [1913 Webster]

Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. -- Chocolate nut. See Cacao.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chocolate, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a a food preparation in the form of a paste or solid block made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, usually sweetened. b a sweet made of or coated with this. c a drink made with chocolate.
2 a deep brown colour.
--adj.
1 made from or of chocolate.
2 chocolate-coloured.

Idiom

chocolate-box
1 a decorated box filled with chocolates.
2 (attrib.) stereotypically pretty or romantic.

Derivative

chocolatey adj. (also chocolaty).

Etymology

F chocolat or Sp. chocolate f. Aztec chocolatl

THESAURUS

chocolate

Life Saver, Scotch kisses, beige, bonbon, brittle, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, bubble gum, butterscotch, candied apple, candy corn, caramel, chewing gum, chocolate bar, chocolate drop, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cotton candy, cough drop, cream, divinity, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fondant, fudge, fuscous, glace, grege, gum, gumdrop, hard candy, hazel, honey crisp, horehound, jelly bean, jelly egg, jujube, khaki, kiss, lollipop, lozenge, lurid, marchpane, marshmallow, marzipan, mint, nougat, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, peanut bar, peanut brittle, peppermint, popcorn balls, praline, rock candy, saltwater taffy, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, sugar candy, sugarplum, taffy, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, toffee, torrone, tutti-frutti, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

ROGET THESAURUS

chocolate

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.

Brown

N brown, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown, brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown, fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves, khaki, sun-burnt, tanned.