From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Food, Computerscookiecook‧ie /ˈkʊki/ ●●●S3W3 noun [countable]1👁 Image of cookie especially American EnglishDF a small flatsweetcakeSYN biscuit British English
a glass of milk and a cookie
a chocolate chip cookie2 →tough/smart cookie3 →that’s the way the cookie crumbles4technical information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again5WOMANBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKING American English old-fashioned an attractive young womanExamples from the Corpuscookie• Christmas and commercialism, like milk and cookies, have always gone together.• I buy my six-pack and some chocolatechipcookies.• The finalcookie has been bought.• molasses cookies• By examining the cookie, Websites can take note of what other sites you have visited.• Allow to cool slightly before transferring the cookies to a wirerack.• In general, the provincialcircuit is a far toughercookie than its metropolitancounterpart.From Longman Business Dictionarycookiecook‧ie /ˈkʊki/ noun [countable]COMPUTING a filecontaining information that is sent to your computer when you visit a website, so that the website will recognize you when you use it againMost major websites use cookies to arrange the content of the website in a way that matches your preferred interests.Origincookie(1700-1800)Dutchkoekje, from koek“cake”
