Definition of COCOA

cocoa

Meanings

Plural: cocoas

Noun

  • a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
  • powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
  • 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.
  • A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
  • A serving of this drink.
  • A light to medium brown colour.
  • Alternative spelling of coco.

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao.

Synonyms

chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate

Scrabble Score: 9

cocoa is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cocoa is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cocoa is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

cocoa is a valid Words With Friends word