1
: a legendary good-natured elf that performs helpful services at night
2
Brownie
: a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls typically in the second and third grades in school
3
: a small square or rectangle of rich usually chocolate cake often containing nuts
Examples of brownie in a Sentence
some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk
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There’s more than science and math to baking, but the precise chemical reactions required to make a brownie chewy, cakey or fudgy, or the kinds of cause and effect that determine whether a dough rises or falls, can sometimes feel daunting.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Fare included barbecue reuben sliders, parfait desserts topped with a large berry, brownie bites, macaroni and cheese and specialty beverages.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The options are thankfully a bit more contained there: peanut butter cream pie, cheesecake, key lime pie, or a pretzel brownie topped with ice cream.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Old Friends, here on Broadway after starting out in the West End and stopping off in Los Angeles, is full of that kind of indulgence, like a rich, basic chocolate brownie — familiar ingredients and satisfying, if not necessarily a whole meal.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Fare included barbecue reuben sliders, parfait desserts topped with a large berry, brownie bites, macaroni and cheese and specialty beverages.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The options are thankfully a bit more contained there: peanut butter cream pie, cheesecake, key lime pie, or a pretzel brownie topped with ice cream.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Old Friends, here on Broadway after starting out in the West End and stopping off in Los Angeles, is full of that kind of indulgence, like a rich, basic chocolate brownie — familiar ingredients and satisfying, if not necessarily a whole meal.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brownie
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“Brownie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownie. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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brownie
noun
brown·ie
ˈbrau̇-nē 
1
: a good-natured elf believed to perform helpful services at night
2
capitalized
: a member of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in the second and third grades
3
: a small square or rectangle of rich usually chocolate cake often containing nuts
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