cookie cutter
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Utensilscookie cutterˈcookie ˌcutter1 noun [countable] American English DFUan instrument that cuts cookies into special shapes before you bake themExamples from the Corpuscookie cutter• With a 2-to 3-inch-round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut circles, close together, out of the dough.cookie cuttercookie cutter2 adjective [only before noun] American English almost exactly the same as other things of the same type, and not very interesting the cookie cutter approach of the urban renewal programme