cocoa butter

cocoa butter

n.

A yellowish-white fatty solid obtained from cacao seeds and used as an ingredient in cosmetics, tanning oils, chocolate, and soap. Also called cacao butter.

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cocoa butter

n

(Cookery) a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc. Also called: cacao butter

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co′coa but`ter

n.

a fatty substance obtained from the seeds of the cacao, used esp. in making soaps and cosmetics.

[1895–1900]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cocoa butter - a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
	2.	cocoa butter - the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate chocolate - a food made from roasted ground cacao beans 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

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Translations

cocoa butter

n manteca de cacao

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