Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground cacao seeds, often combined with a sweetener or flavoring agent.
- n. A beverage made by mixing water or milk with chocolate.
- n. A small, chocolate-covered candy with a hard or soft center.
- n. A grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.
- adj. Made or flavored with chocolate: chocolate pudding.
- adj. Of a grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A paste or cake composed of the kernels of the Theobroma Cacao, ground and combined with sugar and vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, or other flavoring substance. Cacao, under its native name of chocolatl, had been used as a beverage by the Mexicans for ages before their country was conquered by the Spaniards. See
cacao and cocoa. - n. The beverage made by dissolving chocolate in boiling water or milk.
- Having the color of chocolate; of a dark reddish-brown color: as, chocolate cloth.
- Made of or flavored with chocolate: as, chocolate cake or ice-cream.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
- n. countable A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
- n. uncountable A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
- adj. Made of or containing chocolate.
- adj. Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a medium brown to dark-brown color
- n. a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
- n. a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
Etymologies
- Often said to come from Nahuatl xocolātl (e.g. American Heritage Dictionary 2000) or chocolatl (e.g. dictionary.com 2006), which would be derived from xococ ("bitter"), and ātl ("water"), (with an irregular change of x to ch). However, the form xocolatl is not directly attested, and chocolatl does not appear in Nahuatl until the mid-18th century. Dakin and Wichmann (2000) propose that the chocol- element refers to a special wooden stick used to prepare chocolate, and suggest the correct etymology to be chicolātl, a word found in several modern Nahuatl dialects. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, from Nahuatl xocolatl : xococ, bitter + atl, water. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“**Wtih him is his Chinese XYL with 2 Chinese cholocate birthday cakes, one white chocolate, dark chocolate**”
Quick!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“* strolls in and fwumps onto the couch to perform the oligatory socialising* 'lo * has chocolate cake, and hot choclate annnd, cadbury's chocolate*”
“The pic of your little boy covered in chocolate is so adorable – makes me wish I was that young again”
“Yup, dipping it in chocolate is the way to eat this bread.”
“I think Fritos dipped in chocolate is probably about as close as it gets.”
“Some oxymorons are found in common day language, such as "white chocolate" (these are two different colours, although the term chocolate is actually meant to be the food chocolate, and not the colour chocolate), or "pianoforte" (this means soft-loud).”
“Squeezing it into your glass, and relenting only when your mom snatched it out of your hands: Now that's what I call chocolate milk!”
“Chopping up the chocolate is actually one of the most important things you need to do for this recipe before mixing them into the batter.”
“First, the chocolate is a desserty addition because coffee cakes often stick with fruit - blueberries, strawberries, etc. - as a mix-in.”
“The combination of crunchy mint and creamy chocolate is a good one.”
Triple Chocolate Cookies n’ Cream Peppermint Bark | Baking Bites
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chocolate’.
-
CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
-
Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
-
the curious incident of the dog in th...
words from a novel by mark haddon
dog, garden fork, Wellington, prime, maths, clench, The Hound of the ..., police, dead, bread-slicing mac..., groaning, drawn and 126 more...
-
IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
-
confectionary
lollies sweets
caramel gets 48 hits
chocolate gets 112 hits
nonpareil 83 hitstaffy, alcorza, chew, chocolate, confectionary, lolly, sweets, blackball, bonbon, brickle, bubblegum, cachou and 137 more...
-
Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
-
food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
-
The Fixer
Got a problem? Find the solution here. All the words herelisted are guaranteed to make other stuff better. If not satisfied see John for your money back or go ask Abby.
ointment, nice cup of tea, hammer, hug, vacation, duct tape, the Marines, monkey wrench, chocolate, clean socks, bubble wrap, the argyle cold w... and 13 more...
-
Vices
Don't drink. Don't smoke. What do you do?
alcohol, tobacco, chocolate, anger, coffee, dancing, playing cards, gambling, blasphemy, pride, intoxicants, superbia and 16 more...
-
Chocolate Passion
Words related to my favorite addiction, chocolate!
chocolate, algarroba, alkali, bean, bittersweet, bloom, cacao, cocoa, tempering, cocoa powder, fermentation, pod and 50 more...
-
Nahuatl
"Spanish náhuatl, from Nahuatl, that which pleases the ear, from nahua-, audible, intelligent, clear."
- etymology from The American Heritage Dictionary
Nahuatl, Zapotec, Aztec, avocado, guacamole, amole, atlatl, axolotl, black sapote, cacao, cacomistle, chayote and 77 more...
-
Traffic Building Aroma
A list of words and phrases for scents and smells that are particularly pleasing to the human nose, to the point of drawing crowds of us to investigate, enjoy, or make a purchase - "whatever it is,...
Flavacol, fresh-baked bread, freshly brewed co..., cinnamon, pumpkin pie, grilled meat, funnel cakes, chocolate, napalm in the mor..., popcorn, sautéed garlic an..., almonds roasted w... and 1 more...
-
Brown
chocolate, chestnut, coffee, beige, clay, bronze, copper, camel, chamoisee, tan, wenge, umber and 16 more...
-
Caffeined
I can quit anytime.
caffeine, coffee, tea, Excedrin, energy drink, NoDoz, espresso, cola, chocolate-coated ..., cocoa, baking chocolate, chocolate and 15 more...
-
Lingu-list
Words from other languages that are used, or would work well, in English. Also known as "loanwords."
hikikomori, ersatz, angst, barbecue, algebra, macho, burlesque, garage, voyeurism, avatar, jungle, looting and 17 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for chocolate.
oroboros From cyberspace:
C = carbon
Ho = holmium
Co = cobalt
La = lanthanum
Te = tellurium
CHoCoLaTe - Better living through chemistry! Feb 3, 2012
fbharjo from perhaps Eastern Nahuatl "chicolatl" meaning "beaten drink" or "xocolātl" derived from "xococ" meaning sour or bitter and "ātl" meaning water or drink.
other thoughts:
see discussion Ch(a)o(s)colate or 'to stir things up' Oct 2, 2010
agatehinge Never mind the Monseigneur, it's only what chocolate deserves. Jun 10, 2010
PossibleUnderscore I find this quote very amusing:
'Monseigneur was about to take his chocolate... Yes. It took four men, all four a-blaze with gorgeous decoration, and the Chief of them unable to exist with fewer than two gold watches in his pocket, emulative of the noble and chaste fashion set by Monseigneur, to conduct the happy chocolate to Monseigneur's lips. One lacquey carried the chocolate-pot into the sacred presence; a second, milled and frothed the chocolate with the little instrument he bore for that function; a third, presented the favoured napkin; a fourth (he of the two gold watches), poured the chololate out. It was impossible for Monseigneur to dispense with one of these attendants on the chocolate and hold his high place under the admiring Heavens. Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his cholocate had been ignobly waited on by only three men; he must have died of two.'
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens Jun 10, 2010
reesetee Read all about it here, Possible--but try to ignore all that sugar-free nonsense. Eeesh. Jan 21, 2010
PossibleUnderscore Haha Milo(srdenstvi, not Milo chocolate)! Well, that's what happens when you take the time to read chocolate wrappers.
*they mess up your mind...* ;-)
What's Hershey's syrup? Jan 20, 2010
milosrdenstvi I can't believe you haven't heard of Milo, either, with all the time I've been around...
On another note, I just opened a Dove chocolate -- you know, the kind with the really cheesy inspirational messages on the inside of the wrapper. I like to have a chocolate every now and then, but the wrapper told me, "YOU are that superwoman. Enjoy!" Now, I'm a far cry from anything resembling our bizarrely Nietzschean comic character, but it would take a whole lot more to make me a superwoman...I can't help but feel like I'm either under a stigma or the wrong end of a stereotype or something like that... Jan 20, 2010
reesetee Ditto. Hershey's syrup. Jan 20, 2010
chained_bear I got used to Milo in Australia, but still don't really like it that much. On the other hand, anything by Nestle turns me off because I remember that whole formula-for-babies-in-the-developing-world thing and I just try to avoid Nestle products. It's Hershey's syrup for me, babe. Jan 20, 2010
sionnach And now Cadbury's has been taken over by those soulless Kraft people. Goshdarnit! Jan 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore Well I can!
But don't go by the website...it really turns you off. The good thing with Milo is that it doesn't have to overly-sweet artificial taste that Nesquik does, but unlike Nesquik it will not disolve in cold milk.
(I can't believe you haven't heard of Milo!! I thought it was universal.) Jan 20, 2010
bilby Drink powder made from malted barley, cocoa and sugar. I can't be arsed linking to their nutrition-myth-laden website. Jan 20, 2010
ruzuzu What's Milo? Jan 20, 2010
PossibleUnderscore Milo or Nesquik?
For me, it's Nesquik on a hot day, and Milo on a cold night, a mix of both on a cold day and a hot night. Nov 30, 2009
bilby Job for somebody. Jul 24, 2009
reesetee Well, if you really want to celebrate chocolate, murAM, check out the rest of the holidays. :-) Apr 29, 2008
muram thnx reesete i put not one but all of em on my cal and i agree white choc does suck
Apr 29, 2008
mollusque Contains hot and cocoa. Apr 26, 2008
reesetee According to the National Confectioners Association, there are no fewer than four National Chocolate Days: July 7, October 28, December 28, and December 29. That doesn't include American Chocolate Week (third week in March) and International Chocolate Day (September 13). Oh, and National White Chocolate Day (September 22), which I don't believe should be celebrated at all. ;-) Nov 8, 2007
muram ) Sep 27, 2007
muram yeah, i never saw it before though
(prob, cuz i was high on the serotonin Sep 27, 2007
marco_nj The more you look at this word the more it looks like a chemical compound, no? Dec 3, 2006