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What (who) is Gingerbread - definition
CATEGORY OF BAKED GOODS TYPICALLY MADE WITH GINGER, OTHER SPICES, AND HONEY OR MOLASSES
Pierniki; Gingercake; Gingerbread cookie; Ginger bread; Gingerbreads; Ginger breads; Ginger cake; Kraków gingerbread; Pepparkaka; Ginger Bread; Brunkager; Parliament cake; Biber (Switzerland); Biberli
![Gingerbread with [[royal icing]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/02014 Die traditionelle Adventkirmes in Sanok.JPG?width=200 "Gingerbread with [[royal icing]]")
![Gingerbread men]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CrispyGingerbreadCookies.jpg?width=200 "Gingerbread men]]")
![Traditional [[Toruń gingerbread]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PL gingerbread from Torun.jpg?width=200 "Traditional [[Toruń gingerbread]]")
![Tula gingerbread]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Тульский пряник.jpg?width=200 "Tula gingerbread]]")
Gingerbread
·noun A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.
gingerbread
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1. cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.
2. informal fancy decoration on a building.
Phrases
take the gilt off the gingerbread Brit. cause something to lose its attractiveness or desirability.
Origin
ME, from OFr. gingembrat, from med. L. gingibratum, from gingiber (see ginger).
gingerbread
Gingerbread is a sweet biscuit or cookie that is flavoured with ginger. It is often made in the shape of a man or an animal.
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Gingerbread
Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a moist loaf cake to forms nearly as crisp as a ginger snap.
Examples of use of Gingerbread
1. The cottages had thatched roofs, and resembled gingerbread houses.
2. Photograph: Corbis Eric Gill‘s Gingerbread Madonna and Child is a small carving in Corsham stone.
3. To burn off the calories in one gingerbread cookie, you will have to swim 18 minutes.
4. The German honey–spice cookie known as Lebkuchen ("the ancestor of gingerbread," notes Ms.
5. Make a Gingerbread House By James Marson Grigory Tambulov / For MT The smell of gingerbread reminds children and adults throughout the world of the Christmas and New Year holiday period –– and in Russia, things are no different.