Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rich pungent Arabian coffee.
  • noun Coffee of high quality.
  • noun A coffee beverage flavored with milk, sugar, and cocoa.
  • noun A serving of any of these beverages.
  • noun A flavoring made of coffee mixed with chocolate.
  • noun A soft, thin, suede-finished glove leather usually made from sheepskin.
  • noun A dark olive brown.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In glove-making:
  • noun A soft leather made from Arabian goatskins, nominally from Mocha.
  • noun Generally, a very soft sheepskin, tanned principally with oil.
  • noun A choice quality of coffee, properly that produced in Yemen in Arabia, Mocha being its port. The mocha of general commerce, however, is obtained from other sources. The kernels are smaller than in other varieties.
  • noun One of certain geometrid moths, notably of the genus Ephyra, having somewhat the color of burnt coffee: as, the dingy mocha, E. orbicularia; the birch mocha, E. pendularia.
  • noun A cat of a black color intermixed with brown: so called from the Mocha stone.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A seaport town of Yemen, on the Red Sea, also spelled Mukha.
  • noun A variety of coffee originally brought from Mocha.
  • noun An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
  • noun A flavoring made from an infusion of coffee or of a combination of coffee with chocolate or cocoa.
  • noun A color of a deep chocolate brown.
  • noun (Min.) moss agate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun countable A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof; a caffè mocha.
  • noun A strong Arabian coffee
  • noun A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour
  • noun A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
  • noun An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
  • adjective Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a dark brown color
  • noun a flavoring made from coffee mixed with chocolate
  • noun soft suede glove leather from goatskin
  • noun a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Mocha, a town of southwest Yemen.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic المخا (al-Mukhā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

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Examples

  • We wear them in mocha and black, dark purple and fuchsia.

    Popular Girls 2001

  • We wear them in mocha and black, dark purple and fuchsia.

    Popular Girls 2001

  • Venti white chocolate mocha, that is the largest drink size at Starbucks.

    CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2007 2007

  • Arabian: Often called mocha, this coffee is one of the most ancient, with a medium to full body, rich flavor and dry aftertaste, and chocolate tones.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • Arabian: Often called mocha, this coffee is one of the most ancient, with a medium to full body, rich flavor and dry aftertaste, and chocolate tones.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • Arabian: Often called mocha, this coffee is one of the most ancient, with a medium to full body, rich flavor and dry aftertaste, and chocolate tones.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • I don't think the mocha is a good idea for pooches, because of the caffeine/xanthene issues in coffee and chocolate products.

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  • I don't think the mocha is a good idea for pooches, because of the caffeine/xanthene issues in coffee and chocolate products.

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  • Triple layer chocolate genoise cake soaked with brandy syrup, filled with a mocha swiss meringue buttercream with piped buttercream kisses and "mocha" written across in chocolate using a cornet.

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