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gingerbready
gin·ger·bread G0129400 (jĭn′jər-brĕd′)n.1. a. A dark molasses cake flavored with ginger.b. A molasses and ginger cookie cut in various shapes, sometimes elaborately decorated.2. a. Elaborate architectural ornamentation, as on the trim of gables and porches on a Victorian house.b. Superfluous or tasteless embellishment. [Middle English gingebred, a stiff pudding, preserved ginger, alteration (influenced by bred, bread, bread) of Old French gingembrat, from Medieval Latin *gingibrātum, from gingiber, ginger; see ginger.] gin′ger·bread′ adj.gin′ger·bread′y adj.gingerbready (ˈdʒɪndʒəˌbrɛdɪ) adjresembling gingerbreadEncyclopediaSeeGingerbreadThesaurusSeegingerbread |