cocoa powder

noun

A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.

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Meanings

nouncocoa powder (usually uncountable, plural cocoa powders)

plural cocoa powders

  1. uncountableusuallybakingA powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.
  2. uncountableusuallyengineeringA form of brown gunpowder, also known as brown powder.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
brown powder

Translations

Bulgarian кака́о
  • кака́о (kakáo)powder from cocoa solids
Chinese Cantonese 可可粉
  • 可可粉 (ho² ho² fan²)powder from cocoa solids
Chinese Mandarin 可可粉
  • 可可粉 (kěkěfěn)powder from cocoa solids
Czech kakao
  • kakaopowder from cocoa solids
Danish kakao, kakaopulver
  • kakaopowder from cocoa solids
  • kakaopulverpowder from cocoa solids
Dutch cacao, cacaopoeder
  • cacaopowder from cocoa solids
  • cacaopoederpowder from cocoa solids
Estonian kakaopulber
  • kakaopulberpowder from cocoa solids
Finnish kaakaojauhe
  • kaakaojauhepowder from cocoa solids
French cacao, poudre de cacao
  • cacaopowder from cocoa solids
  • poudre de cacaopowder from cocoa solids
German Kakao, Kakaopulver
  • Kakaopowder from cocoa solids
  • Kakaopulverpowder from cocoa solids
Greek κακάο
  • κακάο (kakáo)powder from cocoa solids
Hebrew קָקָאוֹ
  • קָקָאוֹ (qaqáo)powder from cocoa solids
Hungarian kakaópor
  • kakaóporpowder from cocoa solids
Indonesian bubuk kakao
  • bubuk kakaopowder from cocoa solids
Italian cacao
  • cacaopowder from cocoa solids
Japanese ココア
  • ココア (kokoa)powder from cocoa solids
Korean 코코아
  • 코코아 (kokoa)powder from cocoa solids
Lithuanian kakavà
  • kakavàpowder from cocoa solids
Malay serbuk koko
  • serbuk kokopowder from cocoa solids
Māori kōkō, paura kōkō
  • kōkōpowder from cocoa solids
  • paura kōkōpowder from cocoa solids
Norwegian Bokmål kakaopulver
  • kakaopulverpowder from cocoa solids
Polish kakao
  • kakaopowder from cocoa solids
Portuguese cacau em pó
  • cacau em pópowder from cocoa solids
Romanian cacao, pulbere de cacao
  • cacaopowder from cocoa solids
  • pulbere de cacaopowder from cocoa solids
Russian кака́о-порошо́к
  • кака́о-порошо́к (kakáo-porošók)powder from cocoa solids
Spanish cacao en polvo
  • cacao en polvopowder from cocoa solids
Swedish kakao, kakaopulver
  • kakaopowder from cocoa solids
  • kakaopulverpowder from cocoa solids
Turkish kakao tozu
  • kakao tozupowder from cocoa solids
Yiddish קאַקאַאָ
  • קאַקאַאָ (kakao)powder from cocoa solids
Cite this entry
APA

cocoa powder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocoa%20powder

MLA

“cocoa powder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocoa%20powder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocoa powder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocoa%20powder.

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