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cocoa.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/Canada, US/ˈkəʉ.kəʉ/Australia/ˈkɐʉ.kɐʉ/New-Zealand
  1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

    countable · uncountable
  2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

    uncountable
    Do you like cocoa?
  4. A serving of this drink.

    countable
    I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
  5. A light to medium brown colour.

    countable
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/Canada, US/ˈkəʉ.kəʉ/Australia/ˈkɐʉ.kɐʉ/New-Zealand
  1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/Canada, US/ˈkəʉ.kəʉ/Australia/ˈkɐʉ.kɐʉ/New-Zealand
  1. Alternative spelling of coco.

    alt-of · alternative · nonstandard
Where this word comes from

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

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