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cocoaco‧coa /ˈkəʊkəʊ $ ˈkoʊkoʊ/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] cocoaOrigin: 1700-1800 cacao - Cocoa production had largely shifted from the coastal area, where disease had destroyed many cocoa trees, into Ashanti.
- After the ball Dot tucked her up in bed and promised her a cup of cocoa with brandy in it.
- As cocoa contains caffeine, it would have stimulated the Temperance workers on their way.
- Father Tim looked into his cocoa.
- I made Joanna respectable by putting up my anchor lantern, made myself a mug of cocoa, and turned in.
- It takes 400 dried cocoa beans to make one pound of chocolate, reads another.
- Ted was making cocoa for two, using real sugar.
- Whisk together 1 cup sugar, cocoa and 1 / 2 cup buttermilk.
► Cropsalfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb ADJECTIVE► hot· Would you like some hot cocoa to warm you up?· It was bright white against her hot cocoa skin. NOUN► bean· Now you can visit Cadbury World and see the history of chocolate and its manufacture from cocoa bean to the finished product.· Years abroad had made them grateful for yams, bananas, cocoa beans and rice.· Their cocoa beans are weighed, graded and packed by the 182 Village Societies to which the farmers belong. ► butter· Purists and protectionists had insisted that only products made from cocoa butter were worthy of the name.· While the work of Prof Harwood is valuable, cocoa butter is not responsible for the popularity of chocolate.· Because of these shortages, much research has been undertaken to produce a fat with cocoa butter properties.· It is the percentage content of cocoa butter that dictates the quality of the chocolates that you buy.· I gave her a jar of home-made skin cream containing almond oil, cocoa butter and rosewater to soften her skin. ► farmer· The initiative was taken by Bafuor Osei Akoto, a prosperous, go-ahead cocoa farmer of Kumasi.· Many of its workers and functions were of marginal utility and at the cost of a better price to cocoa farmers.· His commitment to both his country and the fate of its cocoa farmers is clear. ► powder· This pudding also includes a little cocoa powder for good measure.· Put the cocoa powder coffee and water into a small pan.· Put the syrup, cocoa powder and brandy in a pan. ► tree· Cocoa production had largely shifted from the coastal area, where disease had destroyed many cocoa trees, into Ashanti.· We returned from Loreto with pods from two wild cocoa trees and budwood from another 15.· Fortunately for us, they had developed the custom of leaving a few of the wild cocoa trees when they felled the forest. VERB► make· For he makes me smooth cocoa with bubbles on the top.· Ted was making cocoa for two, using real sugar.· Purists and protectionists had insisted that only products made from cocoa butter were worthy of the name.· There was little reason to be there today, but anywhere was better than Howard Bay, making cocoa tea for Johnnie.· Then Aunt Bedelia made some cocoa and managed to draw us into conversation. 1 (also cocoa powder) a brown powder made from cocoa beans, used to make chocolate and to give a chocolate taste to foods2a sweet hot drink made with cocoa powder, sugar, and milk or water: a cup of cocoa |