cocoa butter
noun
variants or less commonly cacao butter
: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This version uses cocoa butter to create a lip balm that nourishes without leaving a thick, gloopy residue on your lips. 
Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2022 Body butters are made from raw fats such as shea butter, cocoa butter. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2022 Chocolate bars tend to be preferred by foreigners, while West Africans favor other delicacies, including cocoa pralines, cocoa butter, cocoa powder and chocolate spread. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 In the lineup was Vaseline, Dove body wash, Degree deodorant, cocoa butter, variety of Dr. Teal’s bath products and so much more. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2022 The brand's unique pistachio sauce (made with sugar, milk, pistachio butter and cocoa butter among other ingredients) gives this espresso drink its unique flavor. Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022 Minus taxes, every penny of this sweet moisturizer — made with hydrating cocoa butter and soothing shea butter — is donated to organizations focused on environmental conservation, animal welfare, and human rights. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 July 2022 In addition to 100%-pure tea tree oil, this product also contains pomegranate oil, coconut oil, jojoba, shea butter, and cocoa butter. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2022 In addition to rebuking ashiness, cocoa butter is supposed to keep my skin supple and help reduce discoloration and stretch marks that may come as my body shape-shifts and expands. Karen Good Marable, Allure, 30 May 2022 See More
Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2022 Body butters are made from raw fats such as shea butter, cocoa butter. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2022 Chocolate bars tend to be preferred by foreigners, while West Africans favor other delicacies, including cocoa pralines, cocoa butter, cocoa powder and chocolate spread. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 In the lineup was Vaseline, Dove body wash, Degree deodorant, cocoa butter, variety of Dr. Teal’s bath products and so much more. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2022 The brand's unique pistachio sauce (made with sugar, milk, pistachio butter and cocoa butter among other ingredients) gives this espresso drink its unique flavor. Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022 Minus taxes, every penny of this sweet moisturizer — made with hydrating cocoa butter and soothing shea butter — is donated to organizations focused on environmental conservation, animal welfare, and human rights. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 26 July 2022 In addition to 100%-pure tea tree oil, this product also contains pomegranate oil, coconut oil, jojoba, shea butter, and cocoa butter. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2022 In addition to rebuking ashiness, cocoa butter is supposed to keep my skin supple and help reduce discoloration and stretch marks that may come as my body shape-shifts and expands. Karen Good Marable, Allure, 30 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
cocoa butter
noun
variants or cacao butter
: a pale vegetable fat obtained from cacao beans that is used in the manufacture of chocolate candy, in cosmetics as an emollient, and in pharmacy for making suppositories
called also theobroma oil