cookie jar

cookie jar

English

Noun

cookie jar (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. (Internet) The storage space for browser cookies.
   • 2003, Bob Toxen, Real World Linux Security, page 265:

     Everyone should review what cookies are stored in their Netscape cookie jar. It is a text file […]

Derived terms

• caught with one's hand in the cookie jar
• cookie-jar accounting
• cookie-jar reserve

Translations

a vessel for storing food

Dutch: koekjestrommel (nl) Estonian: küpsisepurk Finnish: keksipurkki, piparipurkki Greek: μπισκοτιέρα f (biskotiéra)

Italian: biscottiera f Navajo: bááh łikaní biłeetsʼaʼ, bááh łikaní beʼésaʼ, ásaaʼ bááh dáʼákaʼí łikanígíí biih nájihí Swedish: kakburk (sv) c