n.
Pronunciation: ' jin-j ə r- ˌ bred
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
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
– gin · ger · bread · ed \ - ˌ bre-d ə d \ adjective
– gin · ger · bready \ -d ē \ adjective