What does "oreo" mean?
A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling.
Oreo
/ˈɔɹioʊ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling.
- Grammar: oreo is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: brand, cookie, cookie brand, dessert cookie.
- Usage evidence: Tom dunked the Oreo in milk for too long and it became soggy.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cookie made of two wafers joined with a sugary filling, particularly a Nabisco cookie with two alkalized cocoa-powder wafers around a white creme filling.
"The Oreo is really an antidepressant drug disguised as a cookie. You lost your job? Eat a bag of Oreos[…] There are two ways to eat Oreos. Kids like to pull the chocolate wafers apart and eat the sweat, creamy middle first. Adults dunk them in milk."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Oreo. alt-of
"The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student." The young man chimed in, "Yeah, but he's an oreo." "An oreo?" I asked. "Please define the term oreo." "You know," the young man said. "Black on the outside, and white in the middle.""
- 3 chocolate cookie with white cream filling wordnet
- 4 A black person who has overly assimilated into white culture, a black race traitor. US, derogatory, ethnic, slur
"She's a pure Oreo. You know, like the cookie, black outside and white inside."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Tom dunked the Oreo in milk for too long and it became soggy."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "oreo"?
Common synonyms include: brand, cookie, cookie brand, dessert cookie, oreo cookie, sandwich cookie.
How do you use "oreo" in a sentence?
Tom dunked the Oreo in milk for too long and it became soggy.
How do you pronounce "oreo"?
Pronounced /ˈɔɹioʊ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Brand name of unknown origin, trademarked by National Biscuit Company on 14 March 1912. See the Etymology section of Wikipedia's Oreo article for various theories. In reference to well-assimilated black people, derived from the slur that they are "black on the outside, white on the inside".
Etymology 2
Genericized use of Oreo, q.v.