From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcookie cutterˈcookie ˌcutter1 noun [countable] American English DFUan instrument that cuts cookies into special shapes before you bake them
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cookie cutter• With a 2-to 3-inch-round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut circles, close together, out of the dough.cookie cuttercookie cutter2 adjective [only before noun] American English almost exactly the same as other things of the same type, and not very interesting the cookie cutter approach of the urban renewal programme 