cocoa
Cocoa (noun) means a brown powder made from roasted, ground cacao beans, used to make chocolate and in baking. Example: “Sift the cocoa powder into the cake batter.”
How to Use Cocoa
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe powder chocolate is made from, or a warm chocolatey milk drink made from it.
Cocoa (chocolate) and coca (the plant behind cocaine) look similar but are completely unrelated.
Word Forms
cocoas plural
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Etymology
From Spanish cacao, ultimately from the Nahuatl word cacahuatl; the spelling "cocoa" arose from confusion with the unrelated word "coco" and was later fixed in place by an early English dictionary.
Rhymes for cocoa
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What does “cocoa” mean?
The word “cocoa” means a brown powder made from roasted, ground cacao beans, used to make chocolate and in baking. In plain terms, the powder chocolate is made from, or a warm chocolatey milk drink made from it.
How do you pronounce “cocoa”?
“Cocoa” is pronounced KOH-koh (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ in IPA).
How do you use “cocoa” in a sentence?
Here is “cocoa” used in a sentence: “Sift the cocoa powder into the cake batter.”
What part of speech is “cocoa”?
“Cocoa” is a noun.
Where does the word “cocoa” come from?
The word “cocoa” comes from Spanish. From Spanish cacao, ultimately from the Nahuatl word cacahuatl; the spelling "cocoa" arose from confusion with the unrelated word "coco" and was later fixed in place by an early English dictionary.
Is “cocoa” a common word?
“Cocoa” is an uncommon word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.
How many meanings does “cocoa” have?
“Cocoa” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a brown powder made from roasted, ground cacao beans, used to make chocolate and in baking.
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