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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Your cup of pumpkin spice latte is barely empty, yet peppermint mochas and gingerbread lattes are already inching onto the menus.
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Hosted in a life-size gingerbread house, the event will feature carolers, complimentary holiday totes with HomeGoods gift cards, and a holiday card photo opp.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
Though the judging component of the beloved holiday event is canceled for 2024, the gingerbread houses will not be completely absent from Asheville’s holiday celebrations.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2024
Dessert is leftover gingerbread and pumpkin cake (from friends), plus coffee D. makes.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Hosted in a life-size gingerbread house, the event will feature carolers, complimentary holiday totes with HomeGoods gift cards, and a holiday card photo opp.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
Though the judging component of the beloved holiday event is canceled for 2024, the gingerbread houses will not be completely absent from Asheville’s holiday celebrations.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2024
Dessert is leftover gingerbread and pumpkin cake (from friends), plus coffee D. makes.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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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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