COCOA POWDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

chocolate (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cocoa powder"):

Dutch-processed cocoa (cocoa powder treated with a mild alkalizing agent (such as baking soda))

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