chocolate
/ˈtʃɒklət/noun
उच्चारण चॉक्लट
चॉकलेट
Basic word
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[U, C]
a hard brown sweet food made from cocoa beans, used in cooking to add flavour to cakes; a sweet made of chocolate; a dark brown colour
चॉकलेट
- a bar of chocolate
- chocolate cake
- She melted the chocolate to pour over the cake.
+ 3 more examples
- I like dark chocolate better than milk chocolate.
- A box of chocolates is a popular gift at Diwali.
- Too much chocolate is bad for your teeth.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
chocolate (uncountable): the food or flavour
As a food, chocolate is uncountable. Use a piece, a bar or a square of chocolate to count it.
भोजन के रूप में chocolate अगणनीय है। गिनने के लिए a piece, a bar या a square of chocolate कहें।
- Radhika loves dark chocolate.
- He gave her a bar of chocolate.
chocolate (countable): a sweet
When it means a single sweet or a filled sweet, chocolate is countable: a box of chocolates.
जब इसका अर्थ एक मिठाई या भरी हुई मिठाई हो, तब chocolate गणनीय है: a box of chocolates।
- She ate two chocolates from the box.
- He brought a box of chocolates for his teacher.
chocolate + noun
Chocolate often goes before another noun: chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate sauce, chocolate chip.
Chocolate प्रायः दूसरी संज्ञा से पहले आता है: chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate sauce, chocolate chip।
- We ordered a chocolate milkshake.
- The cake was topped with chocolate sauce.
chocolate (colour and drink)
Chocolate is also a dark brown colour and a hot drink made with cocoa; hot chocolate is the usual name for the drink.
Chocolate गहरा भूरा रंग भी है और कोको से बना गर्म पेय भी; पेय के लिए सामान्य नाम hot chocolate है।
- She wore a chocolate-brown saree.
- A mug of hot chocolate warmed him in winter.
+Collocations 4
type + chocolate
darkmilkwhitehotplain
- Dark chocolate has less sugar than milk chocolate.
unit + chocolate
a bar ofa piece ofa box ofa square ofa slab of
- She shared a bar of chocolate with her friends.
verb + chocolate
meltgrateeatdip incoat with
- Melt the chocolate slowly over hot water.
chocolate + noun
cakechipbarfactoryice creamspread
- A chocolate bar costs ten rupees in the school shop.
“More examples 5
- Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao tree.
चॉकलेट कोको वृक्ष के बीजों से बनती है।
- On Diwali, many people give boxes of chocolates instead of sweets.
दीवाली पर कई लोग मिठाई की जगह चॉकलेट के डिब्बे देते हैं।
- Too much chocolate is bad for your teeth.
बहुत अधिक चॉकलेट दाँतों के लिए हानिकारक है।
- Radhika baked a chocolate cake for her mother's birthday.
राधिका ने अपनी माँ के जन्मदिन के लिए चॉकलेट केक बनाया।
- The little boy's face was smeared with chocolate.
छोटे लड़के का चेहरा चॉकलेट से सना हुआ था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I ate three chocolate.
✓ I ate three chocolates.
When chocolate means individual sweets, it takes a plural -s.
जब chocolate का अर्थ अलग-अलग मिठाइयाँ हो, तब उसमें बहुवचन -s लगता है।
✗ She is fond for chocolate.
✓ She is fond of chocolate.
Fond is followed by of.
'Fond' के बाद हमेशा preposition 'of' आता है, 'for' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Sweet foods have different names for kind, cooking and sugar level.
मीठे खाद्य पदार्थों के प्रकार, पकाने के ढंग और शर्करा के स्तर के अनुसार अलग नाम हैं।
The powder made from cacao seeds, or the drink made from it.
कोको के बीजों से बना चूर्ण, या उससे बना पेय।
- She drank a cup of cocoa.
AmE for sweets of all kinds.
सभी प्रकार की मिठाइयों के लिए AmE शब्द।
- The children collected candy.
AaSpelling
choc·o·late
?Which word?
Keep the sweet words: chocolate, toffee, candy (American), sweet (British), lollipop, mithai.
मिठाई के शब्द याद रखिए: chocolate, toffee, candy (American), sweet (British), lollipop, mithai।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science: chocolate is made from cocoa (cacao) beans; it contains theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs; dark chocolate has more cocoa and less sugar.
विज्ञान में चॉकलेट cocoa (cacao) बीजों से बनती है; इसमें theobromine होता है जो कुत्तों के लिए विषैला है; dark chocolate में अधिक cocoa और कम चीनी होती है।
Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh grow most of India's cocoa; Ghana and Ivory Coast are the largest cocoa producers in the world.
केरल, कर्नाटक और आंध्र प्रदेश भारत का अधिकांश cocoa उगाते हैं; घाना और आइवरी कोस्ट दुनिया के सबसे बड़े cocoa उत्पादक हैं।