cocoa
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[edit] Etymology
Metathesis of Spanish cacao.
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cocoa (countable and uncountable; plural cocoas)
- (uncountable) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
- (uncountable) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
- (uncountable) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar
- Do you like cocoa?
- (countable) a cup or mug of this drink
- I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
- (countable) a light to medium brown colour
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cocoa colour:
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- ``A Food Lover's Companion by Evan Jones (Harper & Row, 1979) includes this poem by Stanley J. Sharpless:
- 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.
[edit] Synonyms
- (hot drink): chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
[edit] Translations
seeds of cacao tree
powder
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hot drink
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cup/mug of this drink
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colour
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cocoa
- of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder
[edit] Translations
of a light to medium brown colour
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