(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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 ~...
Do you want some ~?
...rich ~ cake.
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see also milk ~ , plain ~
2.
Chocolate or hot ~ is a drink made from a powder containing ~. It is usually made with hot milk.
...a small cafeteria where the visitors can buy tea, coffee and ~...
I sipped the hot ~ she had made.
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A cup of ~ can be referred to as a ~ or a hot ~ .
I’ll have a hot ~ please.
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3.
Chocolates are small sweets or nuts covered with a layer of ~. They are usually sold in a box.
...a box of ~s...
Here, have a ~.
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4.
Chocolate is used to describe things that are dark brown in colour.
The curtains and the coverlet of the bed were ~ velvet...
She placed the ~-colored coat beside the case.
COLOUR