Definitions for gingerbread
ˈdʒɪn dʒərˌbrɛdgin·ger·bread

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gingerbreadnoun

   cake flavored with ginger

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gingerbreadnoun

   A type of cake whose main flavouring is ginger and that is typically cut into human-shaped pieces called gingerbread men or built into house-shaped cakes called gingerbread houses.

2. gingerbreadnoun

   A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.

3. Etymology: From gingembras, gingimbrat, preserved ginger, from medieval Latin *gingi(m)br?t-um, (ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), from medieval Latin gingiber, ginger. The third syllable was early confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gingerbreadnoun

   A kind of farinaceous sweetmeat made of dough, like that of bread or biscuit, sweetened with treacle, and flavoured with ginger and some other aromatick seeds. It is sometimes gilt.

   Etymology: ginger and bread.

   An’ I had but one penny in the world, thou should’st have it to buy gingerbread. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour Lost.

   Her currans there and gooseberries were spread,
   With the enticing gold of gingerbread. William King, Cookery.

   ’Tis a loss you are not here, to partake of three weeks frost, and eat gingerbread in a booth by a fire upon the Thames. Jonathan Swift.

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1. gingerbread

   Gingerbread is a type of baked food item that is made using ingredients such as ginger, molasses, honey, and other spices. It can take various forms, such as a soft cake, a type of biscuit or cookie, or even a decorative house or figure, which are all traditionally associated with Christmas or winter holidays in many cultures. The color of gingerbread is usually dark and it has a spicy, sweet flavor.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gingerbreadnoun

   a kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gingerbread

   Gingerbread is a sweet food-product flavored with ginger and typically using honey or molasses rather than just sugar. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a soft, moist loaf cake to something close to a ginger biscuit. The different types likely share a common origin.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gingerbread in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gingerbread in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of gingerbread in a Sentence

1. Lisa Shaub:

   I hear clients say, ‘ I only see gingerbread houses once a year. I have to eat it, ’ but when you get selective and pick favorites, you sometimes have that realization of ‘ Jeez, do I even like gingerbread ? ’.

2. Jason Smith -LRB- left -RRB-:

   Christmas Cookies became a staple many, many, many years ago, to be exact they started with the monasteries of the Middle Ages. The monks had access to sugar, flour and spices to make them. The Dutch brought the Christmas cookie tradition to the United States in the early 17th century, christmas Cookies were first made to take to neighbors, friends and family to show their gratitude and kindness toward each other. Most people didn’t have much money, and cookies recipes made several dozens and it gave them plenty to pass around. The first cookies were sugar cookies or a spice cookie, almost like a gingerbread cookie as we know them today.

3. Barry Stockwell:

   Ten years ago, when performing our annual gingerbread display cleaning, we noticed bees were very attracted to the sugar on the displays after deconstruction, we decided to bring the display pieces to our Disney tree farm and lay them out in our field to give the bees a chance to collect the sugar on the wooden structures.

4. Monika Orrey:

   Many colleagues brought their kids in to see my gingerbread house and it brought smiles to many --- mission accomplished.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gingerbread
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gingerbread
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gingerbread
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gingerbread
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gingerbread