Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A warm beverage made of chocolate and water or milk, often drunk during cold weather.
WordNet
n. a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, drinking chocolate]
Wikipedia
Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa, drinking chocolate or just cocoa is a heated beverage consisting of shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and often sugar. Hot chocolate made with melted chocolate is sometimes called drinking chocolate, characterized by less sweetness and a thicker consistency.
The first chocolate beverage is believed to have been created by the Aztecs around 2,000 years ago, and a cocoa beverage was an essential part of Aztec culture by 1400 AD. The beverage became popular in Europe after being introduced from Mexico in the New World and has undergone multiple changes since then. Until the 19th century, hot chocolate was even used medicinally to treat ailments such as liver and stomach diseases. Today, hot chocolate is consumed throughout the world and comes in multiple variations, including the spiced chocolate para mesa of Latin America, the very thick cioccolata densa served in Italy and chocolate a la taza served in Spain, and the thinner hot cocoa consumed in the United States.
Hot Chocolate are a British soul band popular during the 1970s and 1980s, formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. The act had at least one hit every year from 1970 to 1984, and their song " You Sexy Thing" made the Top 10 in three decades.
Hot Chocolate is the second studio album by British soul band Hot Chocolate. It was released in November 1975 on the RAK Records label, owned by Mickie Most, who was the band's producer. The album peaked at number thirty-four on the UK Albums Chart and forty-one on the US Billboard 200 album chart.
The original 1975 LP release comprised ten original songs, of which only one ("You Sexy Thing") was credited to the band's writing team, lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson. Brown and Wilson wrote rest of the album separately, with the band members Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive and Tony Connor contributing "A Warm Smile". The album includes the group's best-known hit, " You Sexy Thing" and the top-10 UK and Irish hit "A Child's Prayer".
The album was issued on CD for the first time with six bonus tracks in 2009.
Usage examples of "hot chocolate".
And I couldn't believe I'd actually sat drinking bourbon and hot chocolate with Grandma.
But then the commissary troops would provide every man with a substantial meal of hot food, including a cup of thick, nutritious, spirit-lifting hot chocolate.
The hot chocolate was as rich and delicious as it had been in the vision and I was ready for a second cup almost at once.
After a while, Stan remembered that Harry had paid for hot chocolate, but poured it all over Harry’.
After a while, Stan remembered that Harry had paid for hot chocolate, but poured it all over Harrys pillow when the bus moved abruptly from Anglesea to Aberdeen.
She poked up the fire, then microwaved herself a cup of hot chocolate.