Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hot chocolate

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: hot -choco-late
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warm beverage usually made of cocoa and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather.

Uncountable

noun

A serving of this beverage.

Countable

noun

A powder usually made from cocoa, sugar, and other ingredients, used to prepare this beverage.

Uncountable

verb

To consume hot chocolate.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"My mom drinks hot chocolate before bed."
"Could I get a hot chocolate with my toast?"
"She likes to sprinkle hot chocolate on her ice cream."
"[…] butter & toast & warm towels after bath & lying in bed in laughter, snuggling & hot chocolating. love."
"“Well, while you and Denise are hot chocolating, I shall be finalizing next week's arrangements,” said Svetlana haughtily."
"They’d driven up while we’d been hot and stayed a bit longer up high."

Usage

Inflected Forms

hot chocolates (plural) hot chocolates (present, singular) hot chocolating (participle, present) hot chocolated (participle, past) hot chocolated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

chocolate tea cocoa tea

Synonyms

hot cocoa cocoa chocolate drinking chocolate

Questions

What does hot chocolate mean?: A warm beverage usually made of cocoa and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather.

How to pronounce hot chocolate

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