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choc·o·late
 chocolate
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- pronunciation:
- chaw
kliht
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noun |
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Chocolate is a brown substance that we can eat. We often add sugar to it and eat it in candy and other sweet foods. It is sometimes used in foods that are not sweet too. It is made from the seeds of a certain tree that grows in warm places in South America, Africa, and parts of Asia. The trees are called cacao trees. Chocolate itself is not sweet. You have to add sugar to it if you want it to be sweet.
When my mom was making my birthday cake, the whole house smelled like chocolate.
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| definition 2: |
Candy that has a lot of chocolate in it is also called chocolate.
I got a lot of chocolate on Halloween. I was eating chocolate for a whole month!
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Chocolate is a drink made by mixing sweet chocolate with water or milk.
We drank a cup of hot chocolate to warm up after playing in the snow. |
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A single chocolate candy that is small and round or some other shape is called a chocolate. Chocolates are often filled with things like nuts or sweet fruit.
My aunt is so happy when she gets a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day.
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| derivation: |
chocolaty (adj.) |
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