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cookie cutter
1noun
a device, usually of metal, for cutting shaped forms, as circles or stars, for cookies from dough that has been rolled flat.
cookie-cutter
2[kook-ee-kuht-er]
adjective
having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical.
rows of cookie-cutter houses.
lacking individuality; stereotyped or formulaic.
a novel filled with cookie-cutter characters.
cookie-cutter
noun
a shape with a sharp edge for cutting individual biscuits from a sheet of dough
adjective
resembling many others of the same kind
a row of cookie-cutter houses
Word History and Origins
Origin of cookie cutter1
Example Sentences
“You don’t know where any of the stuff is, so someone has to teach you... where the cookie cutters are, and where the box of sugar is,” she says, laughing.
“They want their home back not some cookie cutter home that will devalue the neighborhood.”
“They were so cookie cutter — you’re trying to hold that platform liable.”
tech offers a lot of the time is a standard cookie cutter approach.
If using a ready made crust with two in a pack, roll out the second one, use a cookie cutter to make rounds to place in an oiled muffin pan for mini pies.
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