cocoa butter

noun

variants or less commonly cacao butter

: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans

Examples of cocoa butter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s produced by removing the cacao bean shell after the bean has fermented and dried, and then using rollers to press out the fat in the bean – the cocoa butter – and pulverizing the remaining cocoa cakes into powder. —Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2025

Vitamin E, squalane, and cocoa butter also make an appearance in this formula to soothe and moisturize. —Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 8 Feb. 2025

That's because it's formulated with nourishing ingredients like castor oil and cocoa butter—and without harsh foaming agents, which can strip your scalp of natural moisture. —Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024

Last up, cocoa butter, which is an emollient that locks moisture into the skin. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 15 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cocoa butter

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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