cocoa
/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.64 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun
Alternative spelling of coco.
name
an object-oriented programming API for macOS
Example Sentences
- "Do you like cocoa?"
- "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."
- "I like to watch TV with a cocoa."
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.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
- British English: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/