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cookie-sized

cookie-sized

3.4
About the same size as a cookie
  • adjective
  • US
translation icon : del tamaño de una galleta
  • The cookie-sized pieces of chocolate were perfect for sharing.

Examples

  • He baked a cookie-sized cake for the party.

  • He placed several cookie-sized crackers on the serving tray for guests to enjoy.

  • She handed me a cookie-sized patch to test the fabric's durability.

  • The scientist used a cookie-sized disk to collect samples from the site.

  • He baked a cookie-sized cake for the party.

  • The cookie-sized pieces of chocolate were perfect for sharing.

  • He placed several cookie-sized crackers on the serving tray for guests to enjoy.

How Big

cookie-sized
  • US
3.4
thumb-sized
1 2.2

Surface Forms

cookie-sized positive

Morphology

cookie-sized = cookie (transparent) = cookie + sized

Meaning is directly derived from 'cookie' plus the productive '-sized' formation meaning 'of the size of a cookie'.

Etymology

Cookie-sized comes from the familiar cookie, a small round baked treat, and the ending -sized, which means 'about the size of'. So, cookie-sized describes something that is roughly the size of a cookie.