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