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cookie

850 1.0
A small flat sweet baked treat often with chocolate chips or nuts
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊki/
  • US
: galleta
  • "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
131 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
37 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
26 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
12 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
8 1.7

A very thin crisp cookie often served with desserts

is the broader snack class that is usually thicker and softer
butter cookie
vscookie
  • US
8 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
8 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
confection
vscookie
6 3.7

Sweet food like candy or a small cake

is the specific small baked sweet rather than any sugary candy or pastry
Oreo cookie
vscookie
5 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
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
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
anise cookie
vscookie
  • US
1 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
cooky
vscookie
  • US
1 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

Compounds

37 2.8

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

26 1.0

A container that holds cookies and sometimes money

A flat sweet baked biscuit with small pieces of chocolate

cookie cutter
  • Informal
13 4.8

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

12 1.1

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

cookie-cutter
  • Informal
9 6.5

Not original and very similar to many others

8 1.0

A small crisp cookie made with a lot of butter

8 1.0

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

8 1.6

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

5 1.0

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

5 2.7

A small tool that cuts dough into shapes for baking cookies

A small sweet baked treat with raisins

sharp cookie
  • Informal
1 5.6

A clever person who understands things quickly

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

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

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

1 5.6

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

1 4.4

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

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

cookie jar reserve
  • Specialized
1 9.9

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

cookie jar
  • Texting
1 3.7

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

1 3.4

About the same size as a cookie

A cookie with a sweet raisin and nut filling

8.2

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

How Sweet

sugar cookie
  • US
12 1.1
cookie
  • US
850 1.0
biscuit
  • US
9 1.0
cracker
  • US
150 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.