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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

Noun

a moist brown cake flavoured with ginger

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 [ˈdʒɪndʒəbrɛd] n → pan m de jengibre

gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒəbrɛd] n → pain m d'épices

gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒəbrɛd] ginger n (cake) → Ingwerkuchen m;

(biscuit) → Pfefferkuchen m

gingerbread [ˈdʒɪndʒəbrɛd] n → pan m di zenzero