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- gin|ger|bread|y «JIHN juhr BREHD ee», adjective.like gingerbread; having a trivial and showy style.
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gin|ger|bread — «JIHN juhr BREHD», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a kind of cake flavored with ginger and sweetened with molasses. Gingerbread is often made in fancy shapes. 2. Figurative. something showy and elaborate, but not in good taste; tasteless and useless… … Useful english dictionary
gin·ger·bread — /ˈʤınʤɚˌbrɛd/ noun [noncount] : a cake or cookie made with molasses and ginger often used before another noun gingerbread cookies We made gingerbread men [=gingerbread cookies shaped like people] for the holidays. a gingerbread house decorated… … Useful english dictionary
bread — bread; bread·en; bread·less; clap·bread; way·bread; crisp·bread; gin·ger·bread; … English syllables
gin — al·gin; al·gin·ic; al·ler·gin; be·gin; be·gin·ner; bu·fa·gin; bu·gin·vil·laea; car·ti·la·gin·e·ous; cim·i·cif·u·gin; con·du·ran·gin; de·vir·gin·ate; el·gin·shire; emar·gin·ula; fa·gin; galan·gin; gin; gin·gel·ly; gin·ger·ade; gin·ger·bready;… … English syllables
ger — ag·ger; an·ger·ly; ar·mi·ger; as·trol·o·ger; au·ger; aus·trin·ger; bag·ger; bal·in·ger; bee·ger·ite; ber·ger; boot·leg·ger; bött·ger; bou·lan·ger·ite; brag·ger; braun·schwei·ger; brev·i·ger; brög·ger·ite; bud·ger·ee; bud·ger·i·gar; bud·ger·ow;… … English syllables
gingerbread — gin·ger·bread … English syllables
gingerbread — gin•ger•bread [[t]ˈdʒɪn dʒərˌbrɛd[/t]] n. 1) coo a type of cake or fancifully shaped cookie flavored with ginger and molasses 2) archit. elaborate or superfluous architectural ornamentation 3) heavily ornamented: a house with gingerbread… … From formal English to slang
gingerbread — gin|ger|bread [ˈdʒındʒəbred US dʒər ] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: gingebras preserved ginger (13 14 centuries), from Old French gingembraz, from gimgibre ( GINGER); influenced by bread] 1.) a heavy sweet cake or a ↑biscuit with ginger in it… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gingerbread — gin|ger|bread [ dʒındʒər,bred ] noun uncount a type of cake made with GINGER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Gingerbread — Gin ger*bread , n. A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. Gingerbread that was full fine. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Gingerbread tree} (Bot.), the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
