sand cookie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Name given to various types of shortbread.
  2. Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida.
  3. A mass of sand shaped to resemble a cookie by a child playing, similar to a mud pie.

Word forms

sand cookie sand cookies

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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