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cocoa powder

cocoa powder noun: a powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.

Noun

cocoa powder (usually uncountable, plural cocoa powders)

  1. (usually) A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.
  2. (usually) A form of brown gunpowder, also known as brown powder.

cocoa powder meaning in Malay and Indonesian

cocoa powder in Malay

powder from cocoa solids
serbuk koko

cocoa powder in Indonesian

powder from cocoa solids
bubuk kakao

Forms of cocoa powder

pluralcocoa powders

Questions about cocoa powder

What does cocoa powder mean?
Cocoa powder means a powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.
What is cocoa powder in Malay?
Cocoa powder in Malay is serbuk koko. See Cocoa powder meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is cocoa powder?
Cocoa powder is a noun.
What is the plural of cocoa powder?
The plural of cocoa powder is cocoa powders.

Words near cocoa powder in the dictionary

  1. cocoa beans
  2. cocoa butter
  3. cocoa butters
  4. cocoa plum
  5. cocoa plums
  6. cocoa powder
  7. cocoa powders
  8. cocoa shunter
  9. cocoa shunters
  10. cocoa tea
  11. cocoa teas

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