cookie cutter
2
2.7
- noun
- /ˈkʊki ˈkʌtər/
- US
:
cortador de galletas
- Now that the dough was flat, she got out the cookie cutters and cut out gingerbread boys.
- a round cookie cutter
- shaped cookie cutters
- cookie cutter, cut dough
OK, I'm guessing these are cookie cutters shaped like dogs.
- OK, I'm guessing these are cookie cutters shaped like dogs.
- I also picked up these copper cookie cutters.
- Oh, I love baking like gingerbread and cookies because you have all the best cookie cutters around this time of year.
Examples
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Grab some cookie cutters and your favorite mallet, place the cookie cutter where you'd like your shape, and "BAM"... hit it with the mallet.
Blog text (24) -
After rolling out the dough, he grabbed a cookie cutter to create heart-shaped treats.
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Another hack is you can use a cookie cutter to make your pancakes.
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I found a fun cookie cutter at World Market this weekend and decided to make some side-of-the-cup cookies for us.
Blog text (7) -
I traced a leaf using my leaf cookie cutter and cut it out.
Blog text (10) -
Roll it out to 1/4-inch thick and cut out shapes with floured cookie cutters.
Blog text (16) -
Using a star cookie cutter, cut out the dough and place the doughnuts 2 inches apart on buttered cookie sheets.
Fiction book (1993) -
Francie had been digging in the sand for hours, and now, as Frank fired up a barbecue, Francie made sand cookies with a cookie cutter, and Natalie captured it all with the video camera.
Fiction book (1999) -
She used a cookie cutter to make perfectly shaped stars for her holiday cookies.
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For the party, they decided to use fun animal-shaped cookie cutters to attract the kids.
Synonyms
67
2.5
A tool used to cut materials like glass or dough
How Decorative
- US
77
3.8
- US
2
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
cookie + cutter
The literal object 'cookie cutter' produces identical, uniformly shaped cookies, so the adjective draws a metaphorical extension to things that are formulaic and all the same. This mapping from a tangible tool to a figurative sense is predictable for learners who know the literal compound, but it requires a metaphorical inference and may not be immediately obvious to all B1 learners, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Cookie cutter is a small metal or plastic tool used to press into rolled dough to cut cookie shapes before baking. When you press the cutter into the dough it makes the same shape again and again, so the name refers to the tool that makes identical cookies.