gingerbread
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɪndʒərˌbrɛd/
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color jengibre
- The painter mixed pigments to achieve a rich gingerbread shade for the walls, giving the room a welcoming feel.
- gingerbread trim
- Victorian gingerbread
- gingerbread house
Examples
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What color gingerbread character do you want to be?
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The brown reads Gingerbread, the green reads mistake.
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So now I'm going to take the drummer boy, which is that like gingerbread sparkly brown color.
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It was gingerbread-colored like herself and full of spice, all kinds of it.
Fiction book (1990) -
It seemed to grow straight out of the gingerbread-colored rock; its shape fit the contours of the land.
Fiction book (1993) -
The house was a restored Victorian, white clapboard and green shingles, gingerbread trim.
Fiction book (1990) -
The house was pretty once, Mama said it was almost a mansion, but now it was ugly—peeling white paint and a long front porch with broken gingerbread trim.
Fiction book (1990) -
Turning back toward the house, the view is equally charmed: gabled roofs, gingerbread trim, a Hansel and Gretel hideaway.
Fiction book (1994) -
The fashion designer chose a warm gingerbread color for the living room to create a cozy atmosphere.
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For the wedding, the couple decided on a gingerbread hue for the bridesmaids' dresses, which matched the autumn theme.
Idioms
Make something seem less special or exciting than before
Compounds
How Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gingerbread used for a colour comes from the warm brown of baked gingerbread cookies, so calling something gingerbread means a cosy, medium 'brown' like the cookie.