cocoa

Plural: cocoas

Noun

A powder made from roasted and ground cacao seeds.
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.

Examples

A warm cup of cocoa helped him focus during the intense Words With Friends match.
Do you like cocoa?
I like to watch TV with a cocoa.

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

Words With Friends Score: 11

cocoa: valid Words With Friends Word