Cocoa Meaning
/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
nounAn unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
Sentence Examples
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.
The country's main products are cocoa and gold.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The child sipped hot ____ by the fireplace on a snowy evening.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I love to drink a warm cup of ____ on a very cold winter night.
Word Origin & History
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.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The child sipped hot ____ by the fireplace on a snowy evening.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I love to drink a warm cup of ____ on a very cold winter night.