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How to pronounce chocolate
Say it like this: /ˈtʃɔk.(ə.)lɪt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does chocolate mean?
nounA food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
“Chocolate is a very popular treat.”
A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
“He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.”
adjMade of or containing chocolate.
Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
Black (relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin).
“She was a chocolate honey with all the assets necessary to never have to work hard to pay her bills.”
verbTo add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate.
To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium.
“It is a chocolated blood agar but here whole horse blood is used.”
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