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cocoa butter
noun
variants
or less commonly cacao butter
: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans
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Otherwise, its ingredients list is rounded out by sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and soy lecithin, an emulsifier.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
The large treat was made up of sugar, dried whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, butter oil and emulsifier.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
The chlorine and cocoa butter paste is more easily biodegradable and the chlorine’s potency naturally deactivates within 24 hours.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
The refillable perfume is cozy and chic, with notes of raspberry, violet leaf and a cocoa butter base.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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“Cocoa butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocoa%20butter. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
cocoa butter
noun
: a pale fat obtained from cacao beans
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
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