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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Enriched with beeswax, oils and shea and cocoa butters, each balm provides moisture with a hint of shine. Caitlyn Martyn May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 The final product, made with oat flour, cocoa butter, sugar, chocolate, skim milk powder, and vitamin B1, was dense as a brick. Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025 This super hydrating formula with hyaluronic acid, shea butter, grapeseed oil, cocoa butter and more is non-greasy and gives them a nice shine. Deanna Pai, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2025 Van Leeuwen has collaborated with Carnival Cruise Line on the dessert, which includes ingredients such as coconut cream, cocoa butter, vanilla extract and sea salt. Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocoa butter

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cocoa butter was in 1868

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“Cocoa butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocoa%20butter. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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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