Collocations for chocolate - noun
1. sweet brown food
ADJ.
dark, plain | milk | white | bitter | cooking
QUANT.
bar, slab | bit, piece, square
He broke off a few squares of chocolate.
He broke off a few squares of chocolate.
box
I gave her a box of hand-made Belgian chocolates.
I gave her a box of hand-made Belgian chocolates.
VERB + CHOCOLATE
eat, have | break (up) into pieces/squares
She broke a bar of dark chocolate into four pieces.
She broke a bar of dark chocolate into four pieces.
grate | melt
Melt 100g of cooking chocolate in a basin over hot water.
Melt 100g of cooking chocolate in a basin over hot water.
coat/cover sth in/with, dip sth in, spread/sprinkle (sth with)
a box of brazil nuts coated in chocolate
a box of brazil nuts coated in chocolate
CHOCOLATE + VERB
melt
Stir until the chocolate has melted.
Stir until the chocolate has melted.
CHOCOLATE + NOUN
bar, chip | biscuit, cake, eclair, egg, gateau, ice cream, mousse, sauce | factory
2. small sweet made from chocolate
ADJ.
soft-centred | hand-made
QUANT.
box
CHOCOLATE + NOUN
box
3. drink made from powdered chocolate
ADJ.
hot | drinking
QUANT.
cup, mug