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cook·ie-cut·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cookie cutteradjective

    a kitchen utensil used to cut a sheet of cookie dough into desired shapes before baking

  2. cookie-cutteradjective

    having the same appearance (as if mass-produced)

    "a suburb of cookie-cutter houses"

Wiktionary

  1. cookie-cutteradjective

    Of or pertaining to cookie cutters.

  2. cookie-cutteradjective

    Looking or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means, often with the implication that the result is common, boring, or not applicable to all needs.

    The subdivision was nothing but row after row of cookie-cutter houses.

  3. Etymology: cookie + cutter

Wikipedia

  1. cookie-cutter

    A cookie cutter in North American English, also known as a biscuit cutter outside North America, is a tool to cut out cookie/biscuit dough in a particular shape. They are often used for seasonal occasions when well-known decorative shapes are desired, or for large batches of cookies where simplicity and uniformity are required. Cookie cutters can also be used for shaping, molding, forming and cutting numerous other types of foods, including meat patties, flapjacks, sandwiches and decorative embellishments for platters (for example, fancy-cut fruit).

ChatGPT

  1. cookie-cutter

    Cookie-cutter refers to a mass-produced or standardized item or process that lacks uniqueness, originality or individuality. This term is often used to describe things that are produced in a predictable or unoriginal manner, without any distinguishing characteristics. It's derived from the idea of cookies being cut into the same shape using the same mold.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cookie-cutter in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cookie-cutter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cookie-cutter in a Sentence

  1. Tyra Banks:

    Yeah, BanX with an X, because I want me coming out of retirement to be bigger than me, and for me to represent women to say, enough of this cookie-cutter thing.

  2. Bebe Rexha:

    I'm all about body positivity, inclusivity, and I was really excited to partner with a brand that really believes in that and has been pushing that for awhile, as a woman who wasn't the cookie-cutter pop-star, I hope to inspire women to love their bodies and feel beautiful at any size.

  3. Zach Honig:

    While there can be plenty of exciting moments, many aspects of work travel aren't as glamorous as you might think — being able to work toward a free vacation can certainly help take the sting out of spending so much in economy airplane seats and at cookie-cutter hotels instead of at home.

  4. Sanita Belgrave:

    Cookie cutter answers don’t yield results. Be the true expression of yourself.

  5. Steve Crampton:

    The White House proclaimed the pandemicis over, but as the Pentagon just reiterated, the purge continues, as they systematically drive out of the Coast Guard [and all branches of the military] the best and the brightest, like LTJG Stone and our other plaintiffs, meanwhile, they use cookie-cutter form denial letters citing nonsensical excuses for their religiousdiscrimination. For example, they told LTJG Stone that he was not 'worldwide deployable' due to his unvaccinated status, despite the fact that he had just completedfourworldwide deployments, during which time he missed not a single day of work while no less than12%of his fully vaccinated shipmates were quarantined with COVID.


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