chocolate

UK: /ˈtʃɒklət/

US: /ˈtʃɔkəlɪt, ˈtʃɑkə-/

US: (chô′kə lit, chok′ə-, chôk′lit, chok′-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

choc•o•late /ˈtʃɔkəlɪt, ˈtʃɑkə-/   n. 

1. Food [uncountable] a food made from cacao, often sweetened and flavored.
2. Food a piece of candy made from such a preparation:
   [countable] a box of chocolates for Valentine's Day.
3. Food a syrup or flavoring made from such a preparation:
   [uncountable] an ice-cream sundae with chocolate on top.
4. Food a beverage made by dissolving such a preparation in milk or water:
   [uncountable] a mug of hot chocolate.

adj. 

5. Food made or flavored with chocolate:
   [before a noun] a chocolate cake.
6. having the color of chocolate;
   dark-brown.

choc•o•lat•y, choc•o•lat•ey, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

choc•o•late  (chô′kə lit, chok′ə-, chôk′lit, chok′-), n. 

1. Food a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
2. Food a beverage made by dissolving such a preparation in milk or water, served hot or cold:
   a cup of hot chocolate.
3. Food candy made from such a preparation.
4. Food an individual piece of this candy.
5. Food any syrup or flavoring made from this preparation or artificially imitating its flavor.
6. a dark brown color.

adj. 

7. Food made, flavored, or covered with chocolate:
   chocolate cake; chocolate ice cream.
8. having the color of chocolate;
   dark-brown.

• Nahuatl chocolātl
• Spanish
• 1595–1605

choc′o•lat•y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

chocolate / ˈtʃɒkəlɪt ˈtʃɒklɪt -lət/ noun

1. a food preparation made from roasted ground cacao seeds, usually sweetened and flavoured
2. a drink or sweetmeat made from this
3. a moderate to deep brown colour
4. (as adjective): a chocolate mare

Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish, from Aztec xocolatl, from xococ sour, bitter + atl water

ˈchocolaty, ˈchocolatey adjective