cocoa
Syllables: co·coaUK/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ//ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
cocoa noun: the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. Also the alternative spelling of coco.
Noun
cocoa (countable and uncountable, plural cocoas)
- The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
- An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
- A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
- 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 through their veins.1979, Stanley J. Sharpless, A Food Lover's Companion, Harper & Row, Evan Jones (edit.)
- Synonyms:
- chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
- A serving of this drink.
- I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
- A light to medium brown colour.
Adjective
cocoa (not comparable)
- Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
Proper noun capitalized: Cocoa
Cocoa
- an object-oriented programming API for macOS
- A unisex given name.
- A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
Also used as
cocoa is also the alternative spelling of coco.
cocoa meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
cocoa in Hindi
- कोको, कोकोआ
cocoa in Marathi
- कोकाआ, कोको, कोकोआ
cocoa in Urdu
- کوکو
cocoa in Bengali
- কোকো
More languagesFewer languages
- cocoa in Malayalam
- കൊക്കോ
- cocoa in Kannada
- ಕೋಕೋ, ಕೊಕೊ
- cocoa in Punjabi
- ਕੋਕੋ, ਕੋਕੋਆ
- cocoa in Gujarati
- કોકો, કોકોઆ
- cocoa in Odia
- କୋକୋ, କୋକୋଆ
- cocoa in Arabic
- كاكاو kakāw, كَاكَاو kākāw
- cocoa in Vietnamese
- cacao, ca-cao
Examples of cocoa in a sentence
- I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.
- We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.
- Ghana's monopsonistic cocoa industry continues to be damaged by price exploitation.
Synonyms of cocoa
- chocolate
- drinking chocolate
- hot chocolate
Forms of cocoa
| plural | cocoas |
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Origin of cocoa
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.
By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.
Words formed from cocoa
Phrases with cocoa
Words that rhyme with cocoa
Questions about cocoa
- What does cocoa mean?
- Cocoa means the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
- What is cocoa in Hindi?
- Cocoa in Hindi is कोको, कोकोआ. See Cocoa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cocoa?
- Cocoa can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cocoa?
- Cocoa is pronounced /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cocoa?
- The plural of cocoa is cocoas.
Words near cocoa in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cocoa (page history and authors); Cocoa (page history and authors); cocoa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cocoa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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