transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɒklɪt, AM tʃɔ:k- ]
( chocolates)
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 chocolate...
Do you want some chocolate?
...rich chocolate cake.
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see also milk chocolate , plain chocolate
2.
Chocolate 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.
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A cup of chocolate can be referred to as a chocolate or a hot chocolate .
I’ll have a hot chocolate please.
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3.
Chocolates 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.
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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 chocolate velvet...
She placed the chocolate-colored coat beside the case.
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