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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On Friday, May 24, the bear broke into a home on Canyon Crest Drive and made off with a bag of Oreo cookies.
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Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Giant Ginger Molasses Cookies These are big 6-inch-across cookies from pastry chef Brad Ray.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
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Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Giant Ginger Molasses Cookies These are big 6-inch-across cookies from pastry chef Brad Ray.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cookie
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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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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