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cookie

774 1.0
A small flat sweet baked treat often with chocolate chips or nuts
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊki/
  • US
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  • "We're going to bake some cookies just as soon as we get home," Rebecca said.
  • chocolate-chip cookies
  • cream cookies
  • bake cookies

We are waiting for our cookies to chill.

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Examples

  • Youssef ordered coffee and cookies for everyone, then withdrew so that we could speak privately.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Anyway, we are going to make some Christmas cookies for Santa.

  • I think I can handle about four cookies for today.

  • Two children have five cookies to share between them, so they have two each.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And could I interest either of you in a cookie?

  • We are waiting for our cookies to chill.

  • Sofia, what kind of cookies would you like?

  • Then they passed out free cookies to more than 300,000 customers.

    Academic text (2011)
  • These are Salvadoran cookies.

  • After dinner, I enjoyed a warm chocolate chip cookie with a glass of milk.

Synonyms

biscuit
vscookie
  • UK
74 1.0

A small sweet flat cake that you eat as a snack

is the general term used in other dialects rather than British usage
fortune cookie
vscookie
  • US
29 2.8

A thin sweet biscuit with a paper message inside often served after meals at Chinese restaurants

is the general baked sweet not typically folded or containing messages
23 1.0

A flat sweet baked biscuit with small pieces of chocolate

is the general sweet baked item not defined by a specific filling
sugar cookie
vscookie
  • US
9 1.1

A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar

covers the broader category not limited to plain sugared dough
wafer
vscookie
9 1.7

A very thin crisp cookie often served with desserts

is the broader snack class that is usually thicker and softer
confection
vscookie
8 3.7

Sweet food like candy or a small cake

is the specific small baked sweet rather than any sugary candy or pastry
butter cookie
vscookie
  • US
5 1.0

A small crisp cookie made with a lot of butter

is any small sweet baked item regardless of fat content or texture
oatmeal cookie
vscookie
  • US
4 1.0

A sweet baked cookie made with oats, often with raisins or nuts

is the wide class of small sweet baked treats not oat-based
Oreo cookie
vscookie
4 1.0

A chocolate sandwich biscuit with sweet white cream between two dark biscuits

is the general small sweet baked item not defined by brand or sandwich form
raisin cookie
vscookie
2 1.0

A small sweet baked treat with raisins

is any small sweet baked item that may or may not include fruit
almond cookie
vscookie
1 2.0

A small sweet baked treat made with ground almonds

is the overall snack category not limited to almond ingredients
spice cookie
vscookie
1 2.5

A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon

is the general sweet baked item without a specific spice profile
shortbread cookie
vscookie
  • US
1 1.6

A rich biscuit made with lots of butter and sugar, crisp and crumbly

is the broader category that includes many textures and recipes
cooky
vscookie
  • US
1.0

A small flat sweet baked treat often eaten with tea or milk

is the common modern spelling rather than the historical form
2.0

A cookie with a sweet raisin and nut filling

is the general baked sweet not specifically filled with fruit and nuts
anise cookie
vscookie
  • US
5.6

A small sweet biscuit made with anise seed that tastes a little like licorice

is the broad category that usually allows many different fats and flavors

Compounds

29 2.8

A thin sweet biscuit with a paper message inside often served after meals at Chinese restaurants

A flat sweet baked biscuit with small pieces of chocolate

13 1.0

A container that holds cookies and sometimes money

9 1.1

A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar

9 1.6

A flat metal tray that you use to bake cookies in an oven

cookie-cutter
  • Informal
6 6.5

Not original and very similar to many others

5 1.0

A small crisp cookie made with a lot of butter

cookie cutter
  • Informal
4 4.8

Made in a simple, predictable way so many things look the same

4 1.0

A sweet baked cookie made with oats, often with raisins or nuts

4 1.0

A chocolate sandwich biscuit with sweet white cream between two dark biscuits

2 2.7

A small tool that cuts dough into shapes for baking cookies

A small sweet baked treat with raisins

A cookie with chocolate chips made from the original Toll House recipe

sharp cookie
  • Informal
1 5.6

A clever person who understands things quickly

A small sweet baked treat made with ground almonds

1 2.5

A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon

1 2.5

A soft, chewy cookie sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger and cinnamon

session cookie
  • Texting
1 4.9

A small temporary browser file deleted when you close the browser that keeps you logged in

A rich biscuit made with lots of butter and sugar, crisp and crumbly

cookie jar reserve
  • Specialized
9.9

A hidden amount of money a company keeps to make profits look steady

cookie jar
  • Texting
3.7

A part of a web browser or program that keeps small pieces of information for signing in and site settings

4.4

Something that looks the same as many others and has no new ideas

3.4

About the same size as a cookie

5.6

A small sweet biscuit made with anise seed that tastes a little like licorice

A cookie with a sweet raisin and nut filling

A small sweet made from dough shaped into a roll, kept cold, sliced, and baked

8.2

A small file stored on your device that websites keep to remember your choices for future visits

How Sweet

sugar cookie
  • US
9 1.1
cookie
  • US
774 1.0
biscuit
  • US
45 1.0
cracker
  • US
114 1.0

Surface Forms

cookie singular
cookies plural

Etymology

Cookie comes from the Dutch word koekje, which means 'little cake' and comes from koek meaning 'cake'. So a cookie is literally a small cake.