COCOA
What does "COCOA" mean?
A powder made from roasted, ground cacao seeds, or a hot drink made from it.
Meanings
- The brown powder produced from roasted and ground cacao beans, used to make chocolate. The brownie recipe needs half a cup of unsweetened cocoa.
- A hot drink made by mixing cocoa powder with milk or water and sugar. We came in from the snow and made cocoa.
Did you know?
- 'Cocoa' is essentially a typo that stuck: the original word was 'cacao,' but it got tangled with 'coco' (the coconut) and the misspelling became standard English.
Word origin
An alteration of 'cacao,' from Spanish, ultimately from the Nahuatl 'cacahuatl'; the spelling 'cocoa' arose from confusion with the unrelated 'coco' (coconut).
Remember it
COCOA has two O's hugging the C - like two warm mugs around a winter night.
A little poem
Snow at the window -
a brown swirl loosens its steam,
the cold gives up, slow.
haiku
What it teaches
Even a mistake, repeated with enough warmth, can become the accepted truth.
Quick facts
What does COCOA mean?
A powder made from roasted, ground cacao seeds, or a hot drink made from it.
Is COCOA a valid word?
Yes — COCOA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is COCOA?
COCOA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does COCOA come from?
An alteration of 'cacao,' from Spanish, ultimately from the Nahuatl 'cacahuatl'; the spelling 'cocoa' arose from confusion with the unrelated 'coco' (coconut).
What can COCOA teach us?
Even a mistake, repeated with enough warmth, can become the accepted truth.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.