cookie

cookie

US /ˈkʊk.i/ 
UK /ˈkʊk.i/ 

A sweet biscuit

cookie - کلوچه
معادل فارسی: 

کلوچه، شیرینی

مثال انگلیسی: 

We had tea and cookies at 3.30 p.m.

ما ساعت 3:30 عصر چای و کلوچه خوردیم.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

 American English for biscuit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

cookie

cookie S3 W3 /ˈkʊki/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Dutch; Origin: koekje, from koek 'cake']
1. especially American English a small flat sweet cake SYN biscuit British English:
a glass of milk and a cookie
a chocolate chip cookie
2. tough/smart cookie informal someone who is clever and successful, and knows how to get what they want
3. that’s the way the cookie crumbles informal said when something bad has happened and you must accept things the way they are, even though you do not want to
4. technical information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again
5. American English old-fashioned an attractive young woman
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cookie

cookie [cookie cookies]   [ˈkʊki]    [ˈkʊki]  noun (pl. cookies)
1. (especially NAmE) a small flat sweet cake for one person, usually baked until crisp
chocolate chip cookies
a cookie jar
compare  biscuit, cracker 

see also  fortune cookie

2. smart/tough ~ (NAmE, informal) a smart/tough person

3. (computing) a computer file with information in it that is sent to the central server each time a particular person uses a network or the Internet
see that's the way the cookie crumbles at  way  n.  
Word Origin:
early 18th cent.: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek.  
Collocations:
Email and the Internet
Email
receive/get/open an email
write/send/answer/forward/delete an email
check/read/access your email
block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email
exchange email addresses
open/check your inbox
junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox
have/set up an email account
open/send/contain an attachment
sign up for/receive email alerts
Connecting to the Internet
use/access/log onto the Internet/the Web
go online/on the Internet
have a high-speed/dial-up/broadband/wireless (Internet) connection
access/connect to/locate the server
use/open/close/launch a/your web browser
browse/surf/search/scour the Internet/the Web
send/contain/spread/detect a (computer/email) virus
update your anti-virus software
install/use/configure a firewall
accept/enable/block/delete cookies
Using the Internet
visit/check a website/an Internet site/sb's blog
create/design/launch a website/social networking site
start/write/post/read a blog
update your blog/a website
be in/meet sb in/go into/enter an Internet chat room
download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of sth
share information/data/files
post a comment/message on a website/an online message board/a web forum/an internet chat room
stream video/audio/music/content over the Internet
join/participate in/visit/provide a (web-based/web/online/Internet/discussion) forum
generate/increase/monitor Internet traffic 
Example Bank:

• Girl Scouts went around the neighborhood selling cookies.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

cookie / ˈkʊk.i / noun [ C ] mainly US (BISCUIT)

A2 a sweet biscuit:

chocolate-chip cookies
 

cookie / ˈkʊk.i / noun [ C ] US informal (TYPE OF PERSON)

a person of the type mentioned:

She's a smart/tough cookie.

cookie / ˈkʊk.i / noun [ C ] specialized (COMPUTING)

C2 a piece of information stored on your computer about internet documents that you have looked at

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

cookie

/kʊki/
(cookies)

1.
A cookie is a sweet biscuit. (mainly AM)
N-COUNT

2.
If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: N inflects

3.
A cookie is a piece of computer software which enables a website you have visited to recognize you if you visit it again. (COMPUTING)
N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

cookie

cook·ie /ˈkʊki/ noun, pl -ies [count]
1 chiefly US : a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round and is made from flour and sugar
• This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
• She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
• chocolate chip cookies
- often used before another noun
• a cookie jar
cookie dough
- see picture at baking; see also fortune cookie
2 informal : person
• Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
• You are one smart cookie.
3 computers : a file that may be added to your computer when you visit a Web site and that contains information about you (such as an identification code or a record of the Web pages you have visited)
that's the way the cookie crumbles informal
- used when something bad has happened to say that you must accept things the way they are
• I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but that's the way the cookie crumbles. [=that's how it goes]

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