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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"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally denoting preserved ginger), from Old French gingembrat, from medieval Latin gingibratum, from gingiber (see ginger). The change in the ending in the 15th century was due to association with bread.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGINGERBREAD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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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     GINGERBREAD meaning: 1. a type of cake, usually very dark...

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

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   The meaning of GINGERBREAD is a cake whose ingredients include molasses and ginger.

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

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   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.

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   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.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGINGERBREAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishgingerbread - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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   Definition of gingerbread noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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

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   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.