cookie-cutter

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adjective

cook·​ie-cut·​ter ˈku̇-kē-ˌkə-tər 

: marked by lack of originality or distinction

cookie-cutter shopping malls

cookie cutter

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noun

: a device used to cut rolled cookie dough into shapes before baking

Examples of cookie-cutter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Last year, the two made enough from TikTok and YouTube to purchase a house together in a tidy, cookie-cutter subdivision in Jacksonville, near the end of a cul-de-sac where small children ride bikes and neighbors wave in greeting and holiday inflatables sway in orderly front yards. —Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026

International tourists are ditching the cookie-cutter sightseeing traps and hunting down places with soul—spots that feel lived-in, local, and layered with meaning. —Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026

Noun

Animals and vintage Christmas cookie cutters are typically the most valuable. —Heather Bien, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026

In a society full of cookie cutter McMansions, scrolling through customizable tiny houses on Amazon is one of my favorite forms of escapism. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1922, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1864, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cookie-cutter

• kilometre
• butter
• clutter
• cutter
• flutter
• gutter
• mutter
• nutter
• putter
• rutter
• shutter
• sputter