English
cocoa
see also: Cocoa
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
  • (America) enPR: kōʹkō, IPA: /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
Etymology 1

From Spanish cacao, from nci cacahuatl.

Noun

cocoa

  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. (uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
    Synonyms: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
    Do you like cocoa?
    • 1979, Stanley J. Sharpless, A Food Lover's Companion, Harper & Row, Evan Jones (edit.)
      Half past nine - high time for supper;
      Cocoa, love? Of course, my dear.
      Helen thinks it quite delicious,
      John prefers it now to beer....
      ¶For they've stumbled on the secret
      Of a love that never wanes,
      Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes,
      Cocoa coursing through their veins.
  4. (countable) A serving of this drink.
    I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
  5. (countable) A light to medium brown colour.
     
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cocoa (not comparable)

  1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
Translations Etymology 2

By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

Noun

cocoa

  1. (now, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of coco.
Cocoa
Proper noun
  1. (computing) an object-oriented programming API for macOS
  2. (rare) A unisex given name.
  3. A city in Brevard County, Florida.
Translations
  • French: Cocoa


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