gingerbread
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɪndʒərˌbrɛd/
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pan de jengibre
- Every year, we enjoy making gingerbread men and women as part of our Christmas traditions.
- gingerbread house
- gingerbread cookies
- Gingerbread Man
I just love gingerbread Mom. I love it gingerbread. It's so good.
- I just love gingerbread Mom. I love it gingerbread. It's so good.
- Normally we'll get like a pre made gingerbread house to make as well.
- My next favourite for this month is a Twinings Gingerbread green tea.
Examples
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This one is gingerbread and it smells amazing.
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I baked a batch of gingerbread cookies to share with my friends during the holiday party.
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It's almost time for one of my favorite kids' library programs: gingerbread house making!
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I'm making some gingerbread house right now.
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I've been looking for an easy gingerbread house to make; these look great!
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I love these spices because they remind me of gingerbread cookies from Germany.
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An entire village of gingerbread, which Odette made for the orphans just last Christmas!
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Look how they did the roof of the gingerbread house with vanilla icing.
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The children decorated their gingerbread houses with colorful candies and icing.
Synonyms
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A small soft round bread roll often eaten with butter
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A crisp round cookie made with ginger and spices like cinnamon
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A sweet spicy cake made with honey that people eat at holidays
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A cake made with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg
A small hard biscuit flavored with ginger often eaten with tea
Idioms
Make something seem less special or exciting than before
Compounds
How Sweet
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Etymology
The word gingerbread comes from the parts ginger and bread. The ginger part comes from an old Asian word for the spice 'spicy root' and bread shows it was a baked treat, so gingerbread means a sweet, spiced cake or cookie.