plural cookie cutters
chiefly US
: a metal or plastic object that is pressed into the dough that is used to make cookies to give them a certain shape
US, disapproving
: very similar to other things of the same kind : not original or different
a neighborhood of cookie-cutter houses
Opponents accused the candidate of taking a cookie-cutter approach to the problem. [=of not coming up with new ideas to deal with the problem]
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“Cookie cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/cookie%20cutter. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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