COCOA

cocoa

(noun) powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed

cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate

(noun) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Cocoa

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Etymology 1

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.

(uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

(countable) A serving of this drink.

(countable) A light to medium brown colour.

Synonyms

• (hot drink): chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate

Adjective

cocoa (not comparable)

Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

Etymology 2

Noun

cocoa

(dated) Alternative spelling of coco.

Source: Wiktionary


Co"coa, n., Co"coa palm` Etym: [Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

Co"coa, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. cacao.]

Definition: A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells. Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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