Chocolate
['tʃɒk(ə)lət] or ['tʃɑklət]
Definition
(noun.) a medium brown to dark-brown color.
(noun.) a food made from roasted ground cacao beans.
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Definition
(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.
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Definition
n. a preparation of the seeds of Theobroma cacao made by grinding the seeds mixed with water to a very fine paste: a beverage made by dissolving this paste in boiling water.—adj. chocolate-coloured dark reddish-brown: made of or flavoured with chocolate.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of chocolate, denotes you will provide abundantly for those who are dependent on you. To see chocolate candy, indicates agreeable companions and employments. If sour, illness or other disappointments will follow. To drink chocolate, foretells you will prosper after a short period of unfavorable reverses.
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Examples
- The gentleman in the chocolate overcoat, or the little gentleman? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And so Becky began sipping her chocolate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She reached for a bit of paper which had wrapped a small piece of chocolate she had found in her pocket, and began making a boat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I had a martini alone, paid for it, picked up the box of chocolate at the outside counter and walked on home toward the hospital. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I had a box of chocolate drops, and the picture I wanted to copy, said Amy, showing her mail. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was impossible for Monseigneur to dispense with one of these attendants on the chocolate and hold his high place under the admiring Heavens. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The best-known fats are butter, lard, olive oil, and the fats of meats, cheese, and chocolate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Chocolate, 1-2 chest best white Biscuit, 1-2 lb. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Such are, for example, the duties upon foreign wines, upon coffee, chocolate, tea, sugar, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Could I eat a chocolate bar? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Amongst the kind brownie's gifts left in my desk, I forgot to enumerate many a paper of chocolate comfits. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Emanuel's gifts kept well supplied with chocolate comfits: It pleased him to see even a small matter from his hand duly appreciated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am sorry I cannot offer chocolate. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Inside, at the Cova, I bought a box of chocolate and while the girl wrapped it up I walked over to the bar. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I put a book near the matches on one side, and a book under the box of chocolate drops on the other. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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