From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
chocolate
n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;
usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, hot chocolate,
drinking chocolate]
2: a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
3: a medium to dark brown color [syn: coffee, deep brown,
umber, burnt umber]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chocolate \Choc"o*late\, n. [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the
cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa.]
1. 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.
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2. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or
cake in boiling water or milk.
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Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served
with chocolate.
Chocolate nut. See Cacao.
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