COOKIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cookie mean? 

• COOKIE (noun)
  The noun COOKIE has 3 senses:

1. any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term)

2. the cook on a ranch or at a camp

3. a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site

  Familiarity information: COOKIE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOKIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

biscuit; cookie; cooky

Hypernyms ("cookie" is a kind of...):

cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cookie"):

granola bar (cookie bar made of granola)

wafer (a small thin crisp cake or cookie)

gingerbread man (gingerbread cut in the shape of a person)

fortune cookie (thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper)

chocolate chip cookie; Toll House cookie (cookies containing chocolate chips)

oatmeal cookie (cookies containing rolled oats)

sugar cookie (cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar)

fruit bar (cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars)

raisin cookie (cookie containing raisins)

refrigerator cookie (dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and baked)

raisin-nut cookie (cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts)

oreo; oreo cookie (chocolate cookie with white cream filling)

molasses cookie (very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses)

anise cookie (cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed)

ladyfinger (small finger-shaped sponge cake)

kiss (a cookie made of egg whites and sugar)

macaroon (chewy cookie usually containing almond paste)

ginger nut; ginger snap; gingersnap; snap (a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger)

brownie (square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts)

almond cookie; almond crescent (very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped)

spice cookie (cookie flavored with spices)

butter cookie (cookie containing much butter)

dog biscuit (a hard biscuit for dogs)

tea biscuit; teacake (flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The cook on a ranch or at a camp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cookie; cooky

Hypernyms ("cookie" is a kind of...):

cook (someone who cooks food)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cookie" is a kind of...):

text; textual matter (the words of something written)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cookie"):

precision cookie (a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drive)

session cookie (a cookie that is stored temporarily and is destroyed when you close the link)

 Context examples 

These are found in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, cookies, snack foods, and other foods made with or fried in partially hydrogenated oils.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Avoid empty calories, which are foods with lots of calories but few nutrients, such as chips, cookies, soda and alcohol.

(Nutrition for Seniors, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

A high-carbohydrate diet includes such foods as pasta, breads, cookies, and sugar-sweetened beverages.

(Gene mutation points to new way to fight diabetes, obesity, heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

It was opened by the farmer's wife, and when Dorothy asked for something to eat the woman gave them all a good dinner, with three kinds of cake and four kinds of cookies, and a bowl of milk for Toto.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

They availed themselves of the rare privilege to the fullest extent, for some tried the pleasing experiment of drinking milk while standing on their heads, others lent a charm to leapfrog by eating pie in the pauses of the game, cookies were sown broadcast over the field, and apple turnovers roosted in the trees like a new style of bird.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

If you are dependent on opioids, joule, cigarettes, or on eating cookies in bed at midnight—no matter what it is—you can also find a way to conquer that habit and end it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The researchers pre-exposed groups of rats to either a low or high dose of the probiotic medicine for two weeks before their diet was changed from healthy chow to cafeteria-style food (including cookies, cakes and meat pies).

(Probiotics May Not Always Be A Silver Bullet for Better Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)