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chocolates

7 definitions • 16 examples
1
a sweet, usually brown, food made from cacao seeds, that is usually sold in a block and is often used as a flavour for desserts, drinks, etc.:
2
a small sweet made from chocolate:

Examples:

box of chocolates I took her a box of chocolates.
I like the chocolates with the caramel in the middle.
3
a hot drink made from milk or water, powdered chocolate, and sugar:

Examples:

I was tucked up in bed with a mug of chocolate.
Don't drink anything with caffeine (coffee, tea, cola, or chocolate) close to bedtime.
4

Examples:

The picture shows the top in apricot teamed with the skirt in chocolate.
That deep chocolate on the walls looks beautiful.
The room was decorated in chocolate brown.
5
made of or relating to chocolate:

Examples:

Here is a recipe for chocolate cupcakes that are pretty tasty.
6
having a dark brown colour:

Examples:

The number of sheep with dark chocolate-coloured coats is declining.
There are chocolate linen curtains and crisp white bedlinen in all the rooms.
She had a chocolate-brown Labrador named Bailey.
7
a food made from cocoa and often sugar, usually brown and eaten as candy or used in other food such as cakes:

Examples:

[ C ] a box of chocolates (= candies made of chocolate)

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