gingerbread
noun
gin·ger·bread
ˈjin-jər-ˌbred 
1
: a cake whose ingredients include molasses and ginger
2
[from the fancy shapes and gilding formerly often applied to gingerbread]
: lavish or superfluous ornament especially in architecture
gingerbread
adjective
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In accordance with German tradition, the royal family would only bring their tree inside on Christmas Eve, decorating it with real candles, baubles, and homemade gingerbread, before opening presents.
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Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
The best Christmas cookie tins are filled with colorful sugar cookies, sprinkled gingerbread, linzers, spritzes, shortbread or sables, crinkles or crackles, even wedding cookies or special chocolate chip cookies — because why not?
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Simmons established a floral and then wedding business at that hotel given the island’s appealing backdrop of colorful gingerbread houses, pink beaches and slower pace with locals traversing on golf carts only, no cars.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Its 19th century gingerbread houses remain well-preserved, and its beaches still boast soft-sand and the waterfalls and natural swimming pool of the Bassin Bleu are still cobalt blue.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
The best Christmas cookie tins are filled with colorful sugar cookies, sprinkled gingerbread, linzers, spritzes, shortbread or sables, crinkles or crackles, even wedding cookies or special chocolate chip cookies — because why not?
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Simmons established a floral and then wedding business at that hotel given the island’s appealing backdrop of colorful gingerbread houses, pink beaches and slower pace with locals traversing on golf carts only, no cars.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Its 19th century gingerbread houses remain well-preserved, and its beaches still boast soft-sand and the waterfalls and natural swimming pool of the Bassin Bleu are still cobalt blue.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Gingerbread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gingerbread. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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gingerbread
noun
gin·ger·bread
ˈjin-jər-ˌbred
1
: a cake made with molasses and flavored with ginger
2
: showy ornamentation especially in architecture
gingerbread
adjective
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