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gin·ger·bread  (jnjr-brd)

n.

1.

a. A dark molasses cake flavored with ginger.

b. A soft molasses and ginger cookie cut in various shapes, sometimes elaborately decorated.

2.

a. Elaborate ornamentation.

b. Superfluous or tasteless embellishment, especially in architecture.

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[Middle English gingebred, a stiff pudding, preserved ginger, alteration (influenced by bred, bread, bread) of Old French gingembrat, from Medieval Latin *gingibrtum, from gingiber, ginger; see ginger.]

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ginger·bread adj.

ginger·bready adj.

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gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒəˌbrɛd]

n

1. (Cookery) a moist brown cake, flavoured with ginger and treacle or syrup

2. (Cookery)

a.  a rolled biscuit, similarly flavoured, cut into various shapes and sometimes covered with icing

b.  (as modifier) gingerbread man

3.

a.  an elaborate but unsubstantial ornamentation

b.  (as modifier) gingerbread style of architecture

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gingerbread - cake flavored with ginger             cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

Translations

gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒəbred] N → pan m de jengibre

gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒə^rbrɛd] n → pain m d'épices
ginger cake n → cake m au gingembre
ginger group n (British) → groupe m de pression
ginger-haired [ˌdʒɪndʒə^rˈhɛə^rd] adj → roux*(rousse)

gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒəˌbrɛd] n → pan m pepato or di zenzero