noun / adjective
gingerbread
JIN-jer-bred/ˈdʒɪndʒərbred/
A sweet cake or cookie flavored with ginger.
The warm gingerbread tastes sweet and spicy with every bite.
Etymology
Old French ginginbrat meant “ginger preserve.” The word was reinterpreted through association with bread, and its meaning later shifted to a sweet cake flavored with ginger.
In context
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More examples
- We cut the gingerbread into small squares.
- She decorates gingerbread cookies with white icing.
- The children build a gingerbread house every December.
Forms
gingerbread
Similar words
- gingersnap
- A crisp ginger cookie rather than a soft cake.
- spice cake
- Uses a blend of spices, not necessarily including ginger.