BUTTER COOKIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butter cookie mean? 

• BUTTER COOKIE (noun)
  The noun BUTTER COOKIE has 1 sense:

1. cookie containing much butter

  Familiarity information: BUTTER COOKIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTER COOKIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cookie containing much butter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("butter cookie" is a kind of...):

biscuit; cookie; cooky (any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butter cookie"):

shortbread; shortbread cookie (very rich thick butter cookie)