COOKIE

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• COOKIE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cookie; biscuit; cooky

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

cake (made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; 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)

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

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

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

raisin cookie (cookie containing raisins)

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

sugar cookie (cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar)

oatmeal cookie (cookies containing rolled oats)

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

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

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

wafer (a small thin crisp cake or cookie)

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)

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

dog biscuit (a hard biscuit for dogs)

butter cookie (cookie containing much butter)

spice cookie (cookie flavored with spices)

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

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

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

macaroon (chewy cookie usually containing almond paste)

kiss (a cookie made of egg whites and sugar)

ladyfinger (small finger-shaped sponge cake)

granola bar (cookie bar made of granola)

Meaning:

The cook on a ranch or at a camp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cooky; cookie

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

cook (someone who cooks food)

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"):

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

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