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/ˈbɹaʊni/ · noun
(usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate..
Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.
[…]if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.
Rona served Althea coffee with yellow milk curdling in the center, and a hunk of brownie, and Althea said, “Thanks so much.”
On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.
After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.
“If she has to list everyone from school friends to teachers, this is going to take a while, huh?” Stephanie commented, slipping a generous slice of brownie onto a plate. […] She carried a plate with a slice of brownie around and set it in front of Basil, […]
As their coffee and cakes arrived – Tim had opted for a slice of brownie that looked about as impressive as the table – she noticed that the initials TL were inscribed on his cufflinks, and also, confirming what Molly had told her, that he had no ring on the fourth finger of his left hand.
It was an amusing sight to see the three of us, each with a huge hunch of “browny” (bread sweetened with brown sugar and currants) in one hand, and a lump of ice in the other, for there was no water within reach.
Use brownie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brownie means (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate..
Common synonyms include chocolate brownie, pixie, hob, gremlin.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.
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