Definition List Tags

Lets move on to the Definition List. It requires a pair of tags <dl> and </dl>. The Definistion List was originally created for lists featuring vocabulary words and their definitions, hence its name.

First open a Definition List <dl>
Then enclose a Definition Term inside the <dt> </dt> tags.
Open a Definition Description <dd>, put the definition of the term, and close the Definition Description tag </dd>
You can have as many terms and definitions as you want.
When you are done, close the Definition List </dl>

Your HTML will look like this:

Types of Chocolate
<dl>
<dt>White Chocolate</dt>
<dd>Chocolate made with cocoa butter, sugar and milk. It has no cocoa solids and is therefore white.</dd>
<dt>Milk Chocolate</dt>
<dd>A sweet chocolate with 10-20% cocoa solids and 12% milk solids.</dd>
<dt>Dark Chocolate</dt>
<dd>Sweetened chocolate with a high content of cocoa solids and little milk.</dd>
<dt>Semi-Sweet Chocolate</dt>
<dd>Classic dark baking chocolate with 40-62% cocoa solids.</dd>
<dt>Bittersweet Chocolate</dt>
<dd>Good bittersweet chocolate contains 60-85% cocoa solids. Has a rich, intense, bitter chocolate flavor.</dd>
</dl>

On your web page it would look like this:

Types of Chocolate

White Chocolate

Chocolate made with cocoa butter, sugar and milk. It has no cocoa solids and is therefore white.

Milk Chocolate

A sweet chocolate with 10-20% cocoa solids and 12% milk solids.

Dark Chocolate

Sweetened chocolate with a high content of cocoa solids and little milk.

Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Classic dark baking chocolate with 40-62% cocoa solids.

Bittersweet Chocolate

Good bittersweet chocolate contains 60-85% cocoa solids. Has a rich, intense, bitter chocolate flavor.

You can also use Definition Lists to simply indent copy:

This is some indented copy which is set off from the rest of my content. Can you figure out how I did it? (Hint: View Source)

Now it is your turn to create some practical or imaginative lists. Be sure to try nesting lists within lists and combining various types of lists.