cookie jar

noun

A vessel for storing cookies or other food.

“I'll just put these cookies in the cookie jar and I'll be right out.”

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cooky jar
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Meanings

nouncookie jar (plural cookie jars)

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. InternetThe 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden)

Similar
cooky jar
Broader
jar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch koekjestrommel
  • koekjestrommela vessel for storing food
Estonian küpsisepurk
  • küpsisepurka vessel for storing food
Finnish keksipurkki, piparipurkki
  • keksipurkkia vessel for storing food
  • piparipurkkia vessel for storing food
Greek μπισκοτιέρα
  • μπισκοτιέρα (biskotiéra)a vessel for storing food
Italian biscottiera
  • biscottieraa vessel for storing food
Swedish kakburk
  • kakburka vessel for storing food
Yiddish קיכלניצע
  • קיכלניצע (kikhlnitse)a vessel for storing food
Cite this entry
APA

cookie jar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookie%20jar

MLA

“cookie jar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookie%20jar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cookie jar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookie%20jar.

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