Cocoa Definition

kōkō
noun

Powder made from cacao seeds that have been roasted and ground, with much of the fat (see cocoa butter) removed; pulverized chocolate.

Webster's New World
A drink made by adding sugar and hot milk or hot water to this powder.
Webster's New World
A reddish-yellow brown.
Webster's New World
(countable) A cup or mug of this drink.
I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
Wiktionary

(dated) Another spelling of coco.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
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pronoun

(computing) An object-oriented programming API for Mac OS X.

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Other Word Forms of Cocoa

Noun

Singular:
cocoa
Plural:
cocoas

Origin of Cocoa

  • Alteration (influenced by obsolete coco coconut palm) of cacao

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Metathesis of Spanish cacao.

    From Wiktionary

  • See coco.

    From Wiktionary

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