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# chocolate

noun (chocolate, chocolates); adjective

«chocolate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chocolate is a sweet brown food made from cocoa beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#m1)
2. A chocolate is one sweet made of or covered in chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#m2)
3. Chocolate as an adjective means made with chocolate or brown like it: chocolate cake, chocolate brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#m3)

### In the lessons

a thing counted (bars of chocolate, chocolates) or a kind of milk, cake or cookie; chocolate melts when warm, which is a change of state in science; phrases: «a bar of chocolate», «a box of chocolates», «hot chocolate», «milk chocolate», «dark chocolate»

### Examples

- She bought 6 bars of chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x1)
- A box holds 24 chocolates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x2)
- He ate 5 chocolates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x3)
- Each chocolate bar costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x4)
- I drink hot chocolate on cold days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x5)
- The chocolate melted in the hot car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x6)
- Cocoa beans grow on trees in warm countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x7)
- Chocolate is poisonous to dogs, so never give it to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x8)
- Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable (some chocolate) and countable (chocolates). A thing counted or a kind word: «chocolate cake» is a cake. Trap: «chocolate» before another noun only says what kind; the counted thing is the noun after it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chocolate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chocolate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chocolate.html) on Mova free.