cocoa — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

best, biggest, comforting, emerging, gold, hot, main, major

VERB + COCOA

drinking, filled, like, made, mixing, oil, prefer, reduce

COCOA + NOUN

beans, coffee, course, cream, cultivation, i've, mary, plantation

PREP.

from, on, on, with, with

ADV.

ever

Definitions

noun

1

The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

2

An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.

3

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

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.

4

A serving of this drink.

I like to watch TV with a cocoa.

5

A light to medium brown colour.

adj

1

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

noun

1

Alternative spelling of coco.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar

chocolate

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Do you like cocoa?

Wiktionary

02

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,

Wiktionary

03

I like to watch TV with a cocoa.

Wiktionary

04

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.

Tatoeba · #40109

05

The country's main products are cocoa and gold.

Tatoeba · #47900

06

How about a cup of cocoa?

Tatoeba · #62158

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cocoa is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.