English Explanatory Dictionary

cocoa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
  2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  3. A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
  4. A serving of this drink.
  5. A light to medium brown colour.
adj
  1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of coco.
name
  1. an object-oriented programming API for macOS
  2. A unisex given name.
  3. A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

cocoa cocoas

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao.

Synonyms

chocolate drinking chocolate hot chocolate

Related words

cacao Coca cocoa

Derived words

cocoa bean cocoa butter cocoalike cocoa-payol cocoa powder cocoa shunter cocoa tea hot cocoa I should cocoa noncocoa Cocoa Beach
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