Brownie

Quick meaning: Brownie is a noun meaning (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.

Meaning

(usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, baking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
2. A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
3. A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
4. A household spirit or revered ancestor.
5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
6. A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
7. A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.

Example Sentences

Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.

After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.

[…]if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.

On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.

Word Forms

• brownies

Synonyms for brownie

Depending on context, synonyms include pixie, hob, gremlin, pixy, elf, imp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include imp, hob, pixy, pixie, elf, gremlin.

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