cocoa

CEFRB2

/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A brown powder made from cacao beans, used in drinks and food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

Examples

  • The country's main products are cocoa and gold.

  • Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.

  2. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

  3. A serving of this drink.

More examples

In context

  • I like to watch TV with a cocoa.

  • Do you like cocoa?

  • 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 throug...

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.