cocoa

[koh-koh]

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noun

a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.

cacao(def 2).

a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.

brown; yellowish brown; reddish brown.

adjective

of or relating to cocoa.

of the color of cocoa.

Origin of cocoa

1700–10; earlier cocao, cacoa, variant of cacao

cocoa

[koh-koh]

noun

coco.

Origin of cocoa

1545–55; misspelling of coco, by confusion with cocoa¹

Cocoa

[koh-koh]

noun

a city in E central Florida.

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Related Words for cocoa

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Examples from the Web for cocoa

Contemporary Examples of cocoa

Talese, the New Journalism maestro, would send Lipsyte on cocoa runs.
On the Peninsula
Bryan Curtis
April 25, 2011
Sweeten the cocoa with the sugar, adding more or less according to your taste.
How Top Chefs Stay Thin
Rachel Syme
December 15, 2009
These include breadfruit, banana, and rubber trees, whose canopies shade the cocoa trees.
Four Chocolate Questions Answered
Mary Goodbody
September 29, 2009
A little more than 50 percent of the paste is cocoa butter, which is extracted and saved to add to the chocolate later.
Four Chocolate Questions Answered
Mary Goodbody
September 29, 2009
When the cocoa beans are roasted, their shells crack to expose the nib, which is then ground into a thick paste.
Four Chocolate Questions Answered
Mary Goodbody
September 29, 2009

Historical Examples of cocoa

Mix the sugar, cocoa, and salt and moisten with some of the milk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
I executed your commission in Glasgow, and I hope the cocoa came safe.
The Letters of Robert Burns
Robert Burns
This is only a thicker preparation of cocoa, and may be made in the same way.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison
Cocoa may also be made from any of the different preparations.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison
Nothing is so unpleasant as to have the sides and bottom of the cup coated with cocoa.
The Skilful Cook
Mary Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for cocoa

cocoa

cacao

noun

a powder made from cocoa beans after they have been roasted, ground, and freed from most of their fatty oil

a hot or cold drink made from cocoa and milk or water

a light to moderate brown colour
(as adjective)cocoa paint

Word Origin for cocoa

C18: altered from cacao

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Word Origin and History for cocoa

powder from cacao seeds, 1707, corruption (by influence of coco) of cacao. The printing of Johnson's dictionary ran together the entries for coco and cocoa, fostering a confusion that never has been undone.