COCOA BUTTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cocoa butter mean? 

• COCOA BUTTER (noun)
  The noun COCOA BUTTER has 2 senses:

1. a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans

2. the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate

  Familiarity information: COCOA BUTTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCOA BUTTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow-white fat from cocoa beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cocoa butter" is a kind of...):

fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cocoa butter" is a kind of...):

chocolate (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)

Holonyms ("cocoa butter" is a substance of...):

white chocolate (a blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor)

 Context examples 

Chocolate is made from a combination of cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Processing can extract 2 main components from cocoa beans: cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)