cocoa
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
Other meanings
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?”
Synonyms
- chocolate
- hot chocolate
- drinking chocolate
A kind of
- beverage
Word history
From Spanish "cacao".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cocoa” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.