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brownie

brownie

38 1.0
A small rich piece of chocolate cake often with nuts
  • noun
  • /ˈbraʊni/
translation icon : brownie
  • Would you like a brownie with your coffee?
  • chocolate brownie
  • fudge brownie
  • brownie mix

Those were honestly the best brownies I think I've ever had.

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Examples

  • We're only supposed to eat, like, a quarter of a brownie each!

    Hall Pass (2011)

  • In the first box there was a brownie and I loved it.

  • Well, at least I get the last brownie, right?

    Notting Hill (1999)

  • Well, I think a brownie for breakfast would fix you right up.

    Practical Magic (1998)

  • Do you want a brownie?

    Love and Other Disasters (2006)

  • This is a red velvet brownie with white chocolate chips.

  • We'd usually have something sweet like a brownie for dessert as well.

    Blog text (12)

  • They do the most delicious brownies you've ever seen in your life.

  • I have a brownie recipe from the 70s or 80s that my in-laws loved.

    Blog text (16)

  • She baked a batch of delicious brownies for the party.

Synonyms

fudgy brownie
vsbrownie
1.3

A small, dense chocolate cake that is very moist and rich

is the standard small chocolate cake square often containing nuts rather than especially moist

Compounds

brownie point
  • Informal
5 4.4

A small sign of approval people get from others for doing something helpful

brownie mix
1 1.1

A packaged dry product with most ingredients for brownies that needs eggs and oil

fudgy brownie
1.3

A small, dense chocolate cake that is very moist and rich

How Rich

fudge
92 1.0
brownie
38 1.0
cookie
  • US
774 1.0

Surface Forms

brownie singular
brownies plural

Morphology

brownie = brown (semi-transparent) = brown + ie

The word is built from 'brown' plus a diminutive suffix, but the cake sense is a conventional lexicalized item rather than a fully predictable description.

Etymology

Brownie for the chocolate dessert comes from brown and the ending -ie, which means 'small'. So the name suggests a 'small brown' treat, which is why a brownie is a small, rich piece of chocolate cake.