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raisin-nut cookie

raisin-nut cookie

2.0
A cookie with a sweet raisin and nut filling
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪzən nʌt ˈkʊki/
translation icon : galleta de pasas y nueces
  • My grandmother bakes delicious raisin-nut cookies for the holidays every year.

Examples

  • The bakery's raisin-nut cookies are filled with a sweet, chewy paste.

  • Would you like a cup of tea with a homemade raisin-nut cookie?

  • I baked a delicious raisin-nut cookie.

  • Do you want a raisin-nut cookie?

  • My grandmother bakes delicious raisin-nut cookies for the holidays every year.

  • The bakery's raisin-nut cookies are filled with a sweet, chewy paste.

  • Would you like a cup of tea with a homemade raisin-nut cookie?

Surface Forms

raisin-nut cookie singular
raisin-nut cookies plural

Morphology

raisin-nut + cookie

The noun phrase literally names a cookie made with raisins and nuts; the meaning follows directly from combining the constituents ('raisin' + 'nut') with 'cookie' to indicate ingredients. This ingredient-based compounding is a common, compositional pattern in English (and many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Raisin-nut cookie comes from the simple picture of a cookie that has a sweet filling of raisins and nuts inside the dough. So the name simply means 'a cookie made with a filling of raisins and nuts'.