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countable and uncountable, plural cocoas
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. examples
An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking. examples
(uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. quotations examples
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.
1979, Stanley J. Sharpless, A Food Lover's Companion, Harper & Row, Evan Jones (edit.)
(countable) A serving of this drink. examples
(countable, color) A light to medium brown colour. examples
not comparable
Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder. examples
(now nonstandard) Alternative spelling of coco.