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# chocolate

«chocolate» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sweet brown food made from cocoa beans** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (chocolate, chocolates); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Chocolate is a sweet brown food made from cocoa beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#m1)

2) A chocolate is one sweet made of or covered in chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#m2)

3) Chocolate as an adjective means made with chocolate or brown like it: chocolate cake, chocolate brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted (bars of chocolate, chocolates) or a kind of milk, cake or cookie; chocolate melts when warm, which is a change of state in science; phrases: «a bar of chocolate», «a box of chocolates», «hot chocolate», «milk chocolate», «dark chocolate»

### examples

- She bought 6 bars of chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x1)
- A box holds 24 chocolates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x2)
- He ate 5 chocolates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x3)
- Each chocolate bar costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x4)
- I drink hot chocolate on cold days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x5)
- The chocolate melted in the hot car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x6)
- Cocoa beans grow on trees in warm countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x7)
- Chocolate is poisonous to dogs, so never give it to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x8)
- Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/#x9)

### note

Uncountable (some chocolate) and countable (chocolates). A thing counted or a kind word: «chocolate cake» is a cake. Trap: «chocolate» before another noun only says what kind; the counted thing is the noun after it.

### In the corpora

- [Famous people still buy chocolate, rewear dresses and get haircuts; none of that is a scandal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/18/)
- [A chatbot has no body, so it cannot taste chocolate, smell flowers or feel tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/9/)
- [In black-and-white films, chocolate syrup was used as fake blood because it looked right on screen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/12/)
- [In experiments, rats opened a cage to free another trapped rat, even when they could have eaten chocolate instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/11/)
- [Chocolate is poisonous to dogs, because it contains a chemical that dogs cannot break down well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chocolate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chocolate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.