cocoa

[koh-koh] Example Sentences Origin

co·coa

1[koh-koh]
noun
1.
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
2.
cacao (def. 2).
3.
a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.
4.
brown; yellowish brown; reddish brown.
adjective
5.
of or pertaining to cocoa.
6.
of the color of cocoa.

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Origin:
1700–10; earlier cocao, cacoa, variant of cacao
Example Sentences
  • More beeswax and cocoa butter will make a stiffer salve.
  • Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow in large pods, each the size of an almond.
  • Put the cocoa powder in a big bowl and add one cup of the hot milk.
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co·coa

2[koh-koh]
noun

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

Co·coa

[koh-koh]
noun
a city in E central Florida. 16,096.
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cocoa or cacao (ˈkəʊkəʊ)
 
n
1.  a powder made from cocoa beans after they have been roasted, ground, and freed from most of their fatty oil
2.  a hot or cold drink made from cocoa and milk or water
3.  a.  a light to moderate brown colour
 b.  (as adjective): cocoa paint
 
[C18: altered from cacao]
 
cacao or cacao
 
n
 
[C18: altered from cacao]

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cocoa
1707, from Sp. cacao, from Nahuatl cacua, root form of cacahuatl "bean of the cocoa tree."
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