hot chocolate

plural hot chocolates

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

   My mom drinks hot chocolate before bed.

   Synonyms: hot cocoa, cocoa

2. countableA serving of this beverage.

   Could I get a hot chocolate with my toast?

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

   She likes to sprinkle hot chocolate on her ice cream.

present singular third person hot chocolates · participle present hot chocolating · participle past hot chocolated · past hot chocolated

1. informalintransitiveTo consume hot chocolate.

   They’d driven up while we’d been hot and stayed a bit longer up high.

   2021 July 5, Heidi Steltzer, “Amid historic heat, a climate scientist’s mountain love story (commentary)”, in Mongabay

   2 more examples

   […] butter & toast & warm towels after bath & lying in bed in laughter, snuggling & hot chocolating. love.

   2006, Sean Burn, Edgecities, page 71

   “Well, while you and Denise are hot chocolating, I shall be finalizing next week's arrangements,” said Svetlana haughtily.

   2010, Robin Anderson, La Di Da Di Bloody Da!', page 195