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cookie jar

cookie jar noun: a vessel for storing cookies or other food.

Noun

cookie jar (plural cookie jars)

  1. A vessel for storing cookies or other food.
    • I'll just put these cookies in the cookie jar and I'll be right out.
  2. (Internet) The storage space for browser cookies.
    • Everyone should review what cookies are stored in their Netscape cookie jar. It is a text file […]2003, Bob Toxen, Real World Linux Security, page 265

Forms of cookie jar

pluralcookie jars

Words formed from cookie jar

Questions about cookie jar

What does cookie jar mean?
Cookie jar means a vessel for storing cookies or other food.
What part of speech is cookie jar?
Cookie jar is a noun.
What is the plural of cookie jar?
The plural of cookie jar is cookie jars.

Words near cookie jar in the dictionary

  1. cookie exchanges
  2. cookie grabber
  3. cookie grabbers
  4. cookie hole
  5. cookie holes
  6. cookie jar
  7. cookie jars
  8. cookie licking
  9. cookie monster
  10. cookie pop
  11. cookie pops

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