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Definition: Chocolate |
ChocolateAdjective1. Composed of or flavored or coated with chocolate. Noun1. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar. 2. Made from roasted ground cacao beans. 3. A medium to dark brown color. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chocolate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Chocolate \Choc"o*late\, noun. [Spanish expression, from the Mexican name of the cacao. Compare to Cacao, Cocoa.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of chocolate, denotes you will provide abundantly for those who are dependent on you. To see chocolate candy, indicates agreeable companions and employments. If sour, illness or other disappointments will follow. To drink chocolate, foretells you will prosper after a short period of unfavorable reverses. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Composed of cocoa paste and sugar, usually with the addition of flavouring and cocoa butter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CHOCOLATE. To give chocolate without sugar; to reprove. MILITARY TERM. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Chocolate is a common ingredient in many kinds of sweets -- one of the most popular in the world -- made from the fermented, roasted, and ground seeds of the tropical cacao tree Theobroma cacao. Dictionaries refer to this cacao substance as "chocolate," which is an intensely flavored bitter (not sweet) food, although this is legally defined as cocoa in many countries. This is usually sweetened with sugar and other ingredients and made into chocolate bars (the substance of which is also and commonly referred to as chocolate), or beverages (called cocoa or hot chocolate).
Chocolate is often produced in the form of little sculptures, for example as rabbit- or egg-shaped chocolates, near a holiday in many countries called Easter, and other shapes for Christmas and Saint Nicholas (for the latter also chocolate letters).
Different kinds of chocolate
Chocolate is an extremely popular ingredient, available in many types, and great quantity. Different forms and flavors of chocolate are usually produced by varying the amount of the ingredients used to make the chocolate.
A chocolate bar is a bar of chocolate, usually containing other ingredients as well, such as peanuts or caramel. It is a common snack all over the world.
- Dark chocolate
- Milk chocolate
- White chocolate
- Semisweet chocolate (used for cooking purposes)
- Strawberry chocolate (a specialty found in Italy)
The history of chocolate
The Aztecs associated chocolate with Xochiquetzal, the goddess of fertility. In the New World, chocolate was consumed in a drink called xocoatl, often seasoned with vanilla, chili pepper, and pimento. Xocoatl was believed to fight fatigue, a belief that is probably attributable to the caffeine content. Chocolate was an important luxury good throughout Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and cocao beans were often used as currency. Other chocolate drinks combined it with such edibles as maize gruel and honey.
The xocoatl was said to be an acquired taste. Jose de Acosta, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who lived in Peru and then Mexico in the later 16th century, wrote:
Christopher Columbus brought some cocoa beans to show Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, but it remained for Hernando de Soto to introduce it to Europe more broadly.
- Loathsome to such as are not acquainted with it, having a scum or froth that is very unpleasant to taste. Yet it is a drink very much esteemed among the Indians, where with they feast noble men who pass through their country. The Spaniards, both men and women, that are accustomed to the country, are very greedy of this Chocolaté. They say they make diverse sorts of it, some hot, some cold, and some temperate, and put therein much of that "chili"; yea, they make paste thereof, the which they say is good for the stomach and against the catarrh.
The first recorded shipment of chocolate to the Old World for commercial purposes was in a shipment from Veracruz to Seville in 1585. It was still served as a beverage, but the Europeans added sugar to counteract the natural bitterness, and removed the chili pepper. By the 17th century it was a luxury item among the European nobility.
In 1828, Conrad J. van Houten patented a method for extracting the fat from cocoa beans and making powdered cocoa and cocoa butter. This made it possible to form the modern chocolate bar. It is believed that Joseph Fry made the first chocolate for eating in 1847.
Daniel Peter, a Swiss candle-maker joined his father-in-law's chocolate business. In 1867 he began experimenting with milk as an ingredient. He brought his new product, milk chocolate, to market in 1875. He was assisted in removing the water content from the milk to prevent mildewing by a neighbor, a baby food manufacturer named Henri Nestlé.
Chocolate as a stimulant
Chocolate is very mildly psychoactive since it contains theobromine, small quantities of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid found in the brain, as well as caffeine and tryptophan.
Why chocolate tastes so good
Part of the enjoyability of the chocolate eating experience is ascribed to the fact that its melting point is slightly below human body temperature and so it melts in the mouth.
Chocolate in the media
See also
- chocolate milk
- Kinder Egg
- Valentine's Day
- Christmas
- Easter
- Cocoa
Further reading
- The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe & Michael D. Coe, Thames & Hudson, 1996
External link
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Chocolate."
Synonyms: ChocolateSynonyms: burnt umber (n), cocoa (n), coffee (n), deep brown (n), hot chocolate (n), umber (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage. |
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Screenplays | Yeah, three cheeseburgers, two large fries, two chocolate shakes and a large coke (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Well, think me a cup of coffee and a chocolate donut with some of those little sprinkles on top, will ya, as long as you're thinking (The Fugitive; writing credit: Jeb Stuart, David Twohy) Scoop of chocolate, scoop of vanilla (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel) Yes, I'd love some chocolate ass-cream (Austin Powers in Goldmember; writing credit: Mike Myers) The only thing I like better than an eggplant burger is a chocolate covered eggplant burger (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera) | |
Lyrics | So I called chocolate chip (What's Your Flava?; performing artist: Craig David) Wit a little chocolate sprinkling (What's Your Flava?; performing artist: Craig David) No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away (I Just Called to Say I Love You; performing artist: Stevie Wonder) | |
Clever | Friends are chocolate chips in the cookie of life! (references; author: unknown) Equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate is a balanced diet. (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if your 4 basic food groups are: 1. Caffeine, 2. Fat, 3. Sugar, 4. Chocolate. (references; author: unknown) Food use for medicinal purposes never count, such as hot chocolate, brandy, toast, and Sara Lee Cheesecake. (references; author: unknown) The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Chocolate chip cookies in a copper coffee cup. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa (1968) The Chocolate Covered Diamond (1967) A Metafísica do Chocolate (1967) The Chocolate Soldier (1955) | |
Song Titles | Chocolate (performing artist: Smothers Brothers) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | (2) color slides show a single, square cut brownie. (1) plain chocolate, (1) with nuts. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | (1) color slide shows a single chocolate chip cookie. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |
 | Brucella spp. Colony Characteristics: A. Fastidious, usually not visible at 24h. B. Grows slowly on most standard laboratory media (e.g. sheep blood, chocolate and trypticase soy agars). Pinpoint, smooth, entire translucent, non-hemolytic at 48h. Credit: CDC. |  | F. tularensis, Colony characteristics when grown on Chocolate, Martin Lewis or Thayer-Martin medium include colony size of 1-3 mm, grey-white at 48-72hrs. Credit: CDC. |
 | Tabby ruins at Chocolate on the northwest side of the island. Tabby refers to the building material which is a durable cement-like mixture of equal parts of water, sand, shell, and lime. These ruins are part of an antebellum plantation that was deserted following the Civil War. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. The marsh at Chocolate. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Chocolate Labrador Retriever in 4H dogshow. Credit: USDA. |  | Spores released from the fan-shaped basidiocarp of this inch-wide Crinipellis perniciosa mushroom can infect cacao trees and drastically reduce yields of the beans from which cocoa and chocolate products are made. Photo Scott Bauer. Credit: USDA ARS News. |
 | Base Hospital No. 1. Vichy, France : American Red Cross sending hot chocolate to the first aid station at the front. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. Army. Base Hospital No.37, Dartford, England. : Red Cross handing out chocolate. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Chocolate Box 2 (series)" by Justin Baker Commentary: "Part of a product promo shoot for "a chocolate company" shot on a Fuji Finepix 6MP. The logo treatment has been removed so the image has broader use." | "Chocolate Euro" by Thomas Johansson Commentary: "This money you can eat." |
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Health | Chocolate, milk products, or large amounts of alcohol are frequent offenders. (references) | |
These include foods with caffeine (coffee, tea, cola, or chocolate) and alcohol. (references) | ||
Limit foods and drinks that contain caffeine, such as coffee, some sodas, and chocolate. (references) | ||
Business | The second largest category of imported equipment consists of installations and machinery to make sweets, cocoa, chocolate and bakery items. (references) | |
Economic History | Greece | Almond imports are primarily used by the confectionery and chocolate industries. (references) |
Taiwan | Chocolate candy products constitute the largest segment of the candy import market. (references) | |
Kenya | There is also considerable potential for the expansion of chocolate and confectionery products. (references) | |
Political Economy | SWITZERLAND | Switzerland's only subsidized exports are in the agricultural sector, where exports of dairy products (primarily cheese) and processed food products (chocolate products, grain-based bakery products, etc.) benefit from state subsidies. (references) |
Trade | Spain | Milk products, margarine, chocolate and soaps have other, more technical labeling requirements. (references) |
Italy | Specific EU regulations exist for cocoa and chocolate products, sugars, fruit juices, fruit jams and jellies, milk and casein products. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Chocolate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "Chocolate" is used about 2,051 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.81% | 2,047 | 4,234 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.19% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,051 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Chocolate Products (Malaysia) Berhad | USA | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "chocolate": baking chocolate ♦ bar of chocolate ♦ bitter chocolate ♦ bittersweet chocolate ♦ chocolate bar ♦ chocolate cake ♦ chocolate candy ♦ chocolate chip cookie ♦ chocolate cream ♦ chocolate eclair ♦ chocolate egg ♦ chocolate flake ♦ chocolate fondue ♦ chocolate fudge ♦ Chocolate house ♦ chocolate ice cream ♦ chocolate icing ♦ chocolate kiss ♦ chocolate liqueur ♦ chocolate marshmallow ♦ chocolate milk ♦ chocolate mousse ♦ Chocolate nut ♦ chocolate pudding ♦ chocolate root ♦ chocolate sauce ♦ chocolate syrup ♦ Chocolate Therapy ♦ chocolate tree ♦ chocolate truffle ♦ cooking chocolate ♦ dark chocolate ♦ have a chocolate ♦ hot chocolate ♦ indian chocolate ♦ milk chocolate ♦ plain chocolate ♦ tablet of chocolate ♦ To mill chocolate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "chocolate": chocolate-addicted, chocolate-bar, chocolate-box, chocolate-boxes, chocolate-boxy, chocolate-brown, chocolate-chip, chocolate-coated, chocolate-coloured, chocolate-covered, chocolate-dipped, chocolate-finding, chocolate-flavoured, chocolate-grinder, chocolate-haired, chocolate-hause, chocolate-making, chocolate-malt, chocolate-mousse, chocolate-painted, chocolate-purple, chocolate-scented, chocolate-smeared. | |
Ending with "chocolate": anti-chocolate, drinking-chocolate, hot-chocolate-drinking-chocolate, milk-chocolate, plain-chocolate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "chocolate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | sjokolade. (various references) | |
Albanian | ngjyrë çokollate, çokollatë, çokolatë. (various references) | |
Arabic | لون بني داكن, شوكلاتي, شوكولا, شراب من الشوكلا. (various references) | |
Asturian | chicolate. (various references) | |
Basque | txokolate. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | áópakíítsskii'p. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шоколад, направен с шоколад. (various references) | |
Cebuano | tsokolate. (various references) | |
Chamorro | chikulati. (various references) | |
Chinese | 巧克力 . (various references) | |
Czech | čokoláda, èokoládový, èokoláda. (various references) | |
Danish | chokolade (breaks, piece of nib). (various references) | |
Dutch | chocolade (cocoa beverage), chocola (cocoa beverage). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ĉokolado. (various references) | |
Faeroese | sjokuláta, sjokoláta. (various references) | |
Farsi | کاکاءو (Cacao, Coca, Cocoa), شوکولاتی , شوکولات . (various references) | |
Finnish | suklaa (cocoa). (various references) | |
French | chocolat. (various references) | |
Frisian | sûkelarje. (various references) | |
German | Schokolade (candy). (various references) | |
Greek | σοκολάτα. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | çokolatë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שוקולד. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csokoládé. (various references) | |
Icelandic | súkkulaði. (various references) | |
Indonesian | coklat (brown, cocoa). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | kukuk. (various references) | |
Italian | cioccolata. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | チューリング機械 (chalk, chock, choco, choking, cutting sound, snipping sound, to cut, tulip, tune, Tunisia, Turing machine), シュタイナー学校 (a shop, chauvinism, chemise, Chopin, crying, displaywindow, line drive to the shortstop, liquor, mall, Schiller, Schmidt camera, Schottky diode, serial, serial printer, serialize, series, serious, serious drama, shawl, shock, shock absorber, shock theory, shocker, shocking, shockwave, shop in shop, shopping, shopping bag, shopping bag lady, shopping cart, shopping centre, shopping mall, shoran, shordarvision, shore radar television, short, short bound, short circuit, short cut, short hair, short hole, short iron, short order, short pants, short relief, short short, short skirt, short stay, short story, short time, shortcake, short-circuit appeal, shortening, short-range navigation aid, shorts, short-scale, shortstop, shot, shotgun, shotgun bride, shotgun marriage, shotgun wedding, shoulder, shoulder bag, shoulder pad, shovel, show, show biz, show business, show girl, showboat, showcase, showman, showmanship, showroom, shredder, shrimp, Shroedinger, sleeping bag, snorkel, sound like a steam engine, Steiner school, stem turn in skiing, Sturm und Drang, syllable, Syria, temporary care, trace, weeping). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | チョコレート , ショコラ . (various references) | |
Korean | 초콜렛. (various references) | |
Macedonian | chokolado. (various references) | |
Malay | coklat. (various references) | |
Manx | shocklaid. (various references) | |
Maori | tiakerete. (various references) | |
Maya | chukwa'. (various references) | |
Norwegian | sjokolade. (various references) | |
Occitan | chocolat. (various references) | |
Papiamen | chukulati. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ocolatechay.(various references) | |
Polish | czekolada. (various references) | |
Portuguese | chocolate (cannabis resin, charas, hashish, oilfish, scourer). (various references) | |
Provencal | chocolat. (various references) | |
Romanian | ciocolatå, ciocolatã, de ciocolatã. (various references) | |
Romansch | tschigulatta. (various references) | |
Russian | шоколадный, шоколад шоколадный, шоколад. (various references) | |
Samoan | sukalati. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | čokoladni, čokolada. (various references) | |
Sicilian | ciucculatta. (various references) | |
Spanish | chocolate (cocoa, hash). (various references) | |
Sranan | sukruskrati. (various references) | |
Swedish | choklad (choc, cocoa). (various references) | |
Thai | ช็อกโกแลต (chocker). (various references) | |
Turkish | koyu kahverengi (dark brown, sienna, umber), fondan (fondant), çikolatalı şekerleme, çikolatalı, çikolatadan yapılmış, çikolata renkli, çikolata (choc), çíkolata. (various references) | |
Turkmen | юokolad. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шоколадні цукерки, шоколадний колір, шоколадний, шоколад. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có màu sôcôla, sôcôla kẹo sôcôla nước sôcôla màu sôcôla. (various references) | |
Yucatec | chukwa'. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | THEOBROMA CACAO. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chocolate": chocolates, chocolatey. (additional references) | |
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"Chocolate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chacolate, chocalate, Chochola, choclate, chocolat, chocolatel, chocolatey, chocollat, chocolte, chokolate, cholocate, Cioccolato, Cocoluche, phonolite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chocolate" (pronounced khô"klut) |
| 4 | -k l u t | anklet, booklet. |
| 3 | -l u t | amulet, appellate, articulate, autopilot, ballot, billet, boomlet, bracelet, branchlet, bullet, Charlotte, collet, consulate, copilot, immaculate, inarticulate, desolate, droplet, emasculate, eyelet, Gantlet, gauntlet, giblet, goblet, gullet, hamlet, harlot, helot, inviolate, lancelet, leaflet, mallet, Merlot, Millet, mullet, omelet, palate, palette, pallet, pamphlet, particulate, pellet, piglet, pilot, platelet, prelate, quintuplet, scarlet, sextuplet, skillet, starlet, tablet, template, templet, toilet, triplet, ultraviolet, Violet, wallet, zealot. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: catechol, colocate, oothecal. | |
-2 letters: cholate, cochlea, ootheca. | |
-3 letters: cachet, cahoot, chalet, chalot, cloche, clothe, coolth, loathe, locate, ocelot, thecal. | |
-4 letters: achoo, altho, cache, catch, cecal, cheat, chela, cholo, clach, cleat, cloot, cloth, coach, coact, cocoa, cooch, eclat, haole, helot, hotel, latch, lathe, leach, letch, loach, loath, lotah, octal, tache, teach, theca, thole. | |
-5 letters: ache, alec. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: chocolates, chocolatey. | |
+2 letters: chocolatier. | |
+3 letters: catholicoses, chocolatiers, echolocation, pyrocatechol, zootechnical. | |
+4 letters: echolocations, photochemical, pyrocatechols, schoolteacher, technological. | |
+5 letters: chronometrical, eschatological, schoolteachers. | |
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