Library / English Dictionary

COOKY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

biscuit; cookie; cooky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cooky" 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 "cooky"):

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

Synonyms:

cookie; cooky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

cook (someone who cooks food)

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