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    gingerbread
    /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəbrɛd/

    noun

    • 1. cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.
    • 2. elaborate or ornate decoration, especially on the eaves or porch of a building: "a high-gabled gingerbread house"

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GingerbreadGingerbread - Wikipedia

    Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a moist loaf cake to forms nearly as crisp as a ginger snap. [1]

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › gingerbreadGINGERBREAD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GINGERBREAD definition: 1. a type of cake, usually very dark brown and soft, that contains ginger 2. a type of cake…. Learn more.

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  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gingerbreadGingerbread Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. gin· ger· bread ˈjin-jər-ˌbred. Synonyms of gingerbread. 1. : a cake whose ingredients include molasses and ginger. 2. [from the fancy shapes and gilding formerly often applied to gingerbread] : lavish or superfluous ornament especially in architecture. gingerbread adjective. gingerbreaded. ˈjin-jər-ˌbre-dəd. adjective. gingerbready.

  7. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › what-is-gingerbreadWhat Is Gingerbread? The Answer Is Complicated - Gastro Obscura

    Dec 18, 2023 · You’d think that gingerless gingerbread would be impossible, like leaving the chocolate chips out of chocolate-chip cookies. But gingerbread is just an umbrella term for a whole world of...

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › gingerbreadGINGERBREAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    GINGERBREAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of gingerbread in English. gingerbread. noun [ U ] us / ˈdʒɪn.dʒɚ.bred / uk / ˈdʒɪn.dʒə.bred / Add to word list. a type of cake, usually very dark brown and soft, that contains ginger. DebbiSmirnoff/E+/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cakes.

  9. www.dictionary.com › browse › gingerbreadGINGERBREAD Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    noun. a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses. a rolled cookie similarly flavored, often cut in fanciful shapes, and sometimes frosted. elaborate, gaudy, or superfluous architectural ornamentation: a series of gables embellished with gingerbread.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › gingerbreadGingerbread - definition of gingerbread by The Free Dictionary

    Gingerbread is a type of cake or cookie flavored with ginger and molasses. It can also refer to elaborate architectural ornamentation or superfluous embellishment. See synonyms, translations and related words for gingerbread.