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cocoa

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. a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.
  3. brown; yellowish brown; reddish brown.


adjective

  1. of or relating to cocoa.
  2. of the color of cocoa.

cocoa

2

[ koh-koh ]

noun

Cocoa

3

[ koh-koh ]

noun

  1. a city in E central Florida.

cocoa

/ ˈkəʊkəʊ /

noun

  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
    1. a light to moderate brown colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      cocoa paint

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cocoa1

First recorded in 1700–10; earlier cocao, cacoa, variant of cacao

Origin of cocoa2

1545–55; misspelling of coco, by confusion with cocoa 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cocoa1

C18: altered from cacao
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Example Sentences

Flavors of dark fruits yield to mushrooms and cocoa on a sweet-ripe finish with soft tannins.

Negranza points out the House of Angostura’s recently-released cocoa bitters—made with cacao nibs sourced from Trinidad and Tobago, where the company is based—as a solid standby.

While most would-be home buyers are busy trimming trees and decking the halls, you can grab a cup of hot cocoa and experience all the benefits of house hunting during the holidays from your living room.

No one disputes how bad conditions are on those farms, and the Supreme Court briefs filed by the cocoa workers’ lawyers make for chilling reading—a tale about horrific abuse of children, for the benefit of global commerce.

From Fortune

On Tuesday, another years-in-the-making conflict will play out at the Supreme Court, when the nine justices finally consider whether Nestlé and Cargill are responsible for the use of child slavery on cocoa farms in West Africa.

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He was a beautiful child, sweet natured, affectionate, with cocoa-colored skin and a thousand-watt smile.

After the blaze was extinguished, a retired cop came over with hot cocoa.

Talese, the New Journalism maestro, would send Lipsyte on cocoa runs.

Sweeten the cocoa with the sugar, adding more or less according to your taste.

It goes beautifully with dark chocolate, making for an enticingly spicy version of hot cocoa.

She opened the two boxes they had brought and set the vacuum bottle of hot cocoa on the bench.

For each guest there was a cocoa-nut shell, half-filled with miti, a sourish beverage extracted from the cocoa-palm.

We had each of us a fresh cocoa-nut with a hole bored in it, containing at least a pint of clear, sweet-tasting water.

Presently, this indulgence is extended to "dry coffee or cocoa," if preferred, and the men also are allowed to receive it.

Now she was going back, expecting to pick up a cargo of rubber and cocoa and what not, along the West Coast.

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