cocoa

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
  2. noun powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed

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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Synonyms

chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate

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