cocoa

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A hot drink made with milk or water, cocoa powder, and sugar.

   On cold evenings she loves a warm cup of cocoa.

2. 2
   noun

   A brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used to make chocolate and in cooking.

   The recipe calls for two tablespoons of cocoa.

3. 3
   noun

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

   She painted the walls a warm cocoa.

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.

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