Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sand cookie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
sand -cook-ie
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Name given to various types of shortbread.

American usage

noun

Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida.

American usage

noun

A mass of sand shaped to resemble a cookie by a child playing, similar to a mud pie.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of French sablé (“shortbread”) from sable (“sand”), because of the texture of the crumbs; cf. also Norwegian sandkake.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

sand cookies (plural)

Synonyms

sand dollar

Questions

What does sand cookie mean?
Name given to various types of shortbread.
Where does sand cookie come from?
Perhaps a calque of French sablé (“shortbread”) from sable (“sand”), because of the texture of the crumbs; cf. also Norwegian sandkake.

How to pronounce sand cookie

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