Food / A2

CHOKL-uh-t/ˈtʃɒklət/

Chocolate is the sweet brown food from cocoa: a bar of chocolate, hot chocolate, chocolate cake. It is usually uncountable when you mean the food in general: some chocolate, not “a chocolate” unless you mean one sweet from a box. Cocoa is the raw powder; chocolate is the finished treat.

Meaning

A sweet brown food made from cocoa.

Examples

• “She gave me a bar of chocolate.”
• “I bought a bar of chocolate at the station.”
• “Hot chocolate tastes good on cold evenings.”

Good to know

a bar of chocolate. Uncountable: some chocolate. One sweet: a chocolate.

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