WHITE CHOCOLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white chocolate mean? 

• WHITE CHOCOLATE (noun)
  The noun WHITE CHOCOLATE has 1 sense:

1. a blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor

  Familiarity information: WHITE CHOCOLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE CHOCOLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("white chocolate" is a kind of...):

chocolate (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)

Meronyms (substance of "white chocolate"):

cocoa butter (the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate)

 Context examples 

White chocolate, in contrast, contains no cocoa solids at all.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“For those who are already consuming chocolate, I would advise them to look for the darker ones,” Djoussé adds, “not the white chocolate or the milk chocolate. You won’t get any of the benefit. It’s just going to be unneeded calories.”

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)