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# cocoa

«cocoa» in Mova's school dictionary: **a brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cocoa — uncountable; a cocoa — a cup of it)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cocoa is a brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to make chocolate drinks and to flavour cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#m1)

2) Cocoa is a hot drink made from this powder with milk or water, also called hot chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#m2)

3) Cocoa beans grow in pods on the cacao tree in hot tropical countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, cocoa beans come from countries like Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Brazil; pupils learn how beans become chocolate and about fair trade for farmers. In everyday life, a mug of cocoa warms you on a cold evening. Phrases: «a cup of cocoa», «cocoa powder», «cocoa beans», «cocoa butter».

### examples

- Mum made us a mug of hot cocoa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x1)
- Add two spoons of cocoa powder to the cake mix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x2)
- Cocoa beans grow in big pods on trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x3)
- Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x4)
- Most cocoa is grown in West Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x5)
- Cocoa tastes bitter without sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x6)
- Fair trade cocoa helps farmers get a fair price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x7)
- We drank cocoa by the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: cocoa (o-a at the end), not «cocao». Cacao is the tree and raw bean; cocoa is the powder and drink. Do not confuse with «coconut» or «coca». Chocolate is poisonous to dogs.

### In the corpora

- [Fresh cocoa beans taste bitter and smell of chocolate only after fermenting, drying and roasting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/14/)
- [Fresh cocoa beans taste bitter and nothing like chocolate; the chocolate taste comes from fermenting and roasting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/2-chocolate-and-sweets/8/)
- [Bananas, cocoa and coffee grow only in warm tropical places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/80-farms-and-our-food/10/)
- [Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cocoa tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/80-farms-and-our-food/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cocoa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cocoa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.