| a device, usually of metal, for cutting shaped forms, as circles or stars, for cookies from dough that has been rolled flat. |
[kook-ee-kuht-er] 
| 1. | having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical: rows of cookie-cutter houses. |
| 2. | lacking individuality; stereotyped or formulaic: a novel filled with cookie-cutter characters. |
| cook·ie-cut·ter (kŏŏk'ē-cŭt'ər) adj. Appearing to be mass-produced; identical in appearance: cookie-cutter tract housing in suburbia. |