variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small flat or slightly raised cake
2
3
: a small file or part of a file stored on a World Wide Web user's computer, created and subsequently read by a website server, and containing personal information (such as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)
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Examples of cookie in a Sentence
This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
You are one smart cookie.
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The collection, which officially launches in the spring of 2025, includes raspberry jam (of course), wildflower honey, herbal teas, crepe mix, and shortbread cookies.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2025
The My Weigh scale boasts a 15.4-pound weight capacity, which is essential when making large batches of bread, cookie dough and other baked goods.
—Kayleigh Drake, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
California dessert chain Chocolate Bash sells a pair of Dubai chocolate bars, one with the classic fixings and one with a lotus cookie butter filling, at its stores in Arden Fair mall and south Sacramento’s Delta Shores shopping center.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Have some munchies nearby—fruit, chips, or those fancy Trader Joe’s cookies.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2025
The My Weigh scale boasts a 15.4-pound weight capacity, which is essential when making large batches of bread, cookie dough and other baked goods.
—Kayleigh Drake, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
California dessert chain Chocolate Bash sells a pair of Dubai chocolate bars, one with the classic fixings and one with a lotus cookie butter filling, at its stores in Arden Fair mall and south Sacramento’s Delta Shores shopping center.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Have some munchies nearby—fruit, chips, or those fancy Trader Joe’s cookies.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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cookie
noun
cook·ie
variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small sweet flat or slightly raised cake
2
: a small computer file that contains information relating to websites a person has visited
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