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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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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Natural colors can be sensitive to heat, light, oxygen and changes in pH. Pigments extracted from berries, cabbage, and red radishes, for instance, may register as a purply-blue when used in a neutral-pH cookie dough but change to a pastel pink when added to an acidic lemonade.
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Ali Bouzari, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Fortunately, advanced modeling techniques are finally solving these challenges without relying on user-tracking technologies like pixels and cookies.
—Cody Greco, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Refreshments include lemonade, coffee, popcorn and cookies.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Men cut tarp to cover the broken windows, and the Red Cross poured tea and plated sugar cookies for residents.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Ali Bouzari, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Fortunately, advanced modeling techniques are finally solving these challenges without relying on user-tracking technologies like pixels and cookies.
—Cody Greco, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Refreshments include lemonade, coffee, popcorn and cookies.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Men cut tarp to cover the broken windows, and the Red Cross poured tea and plated sugar cookies for residents.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 2 Apr. 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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