word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/cookie.json

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{
    "term": "cookie",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small flat sweet cake for one person, usually baked until hard and dry",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chocolate chip cookies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cookie jar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Girl Scouts went around the neighborhood selling cookies."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chocolate", "chocolate chip", "gingerbread"],
                "… of cookies": ["plate", "bag", "batch"],
                "verb + cookie": ["bake", "make", "sell"],
                "cookie + noun": ["crumb", "dough", "jar"],
                "phrases": ["cookies and milk", "milk and cookies"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a smart/tough person",
            "sensetop": "smart/tough cookie",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "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",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Learn about our cookie policy."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊki/",
                "audio": "co/cookie/cookie__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊki/",
                "audio": "co/cookie/cookie__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent.: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek."
}