GINGERBREAD


Meaning of GINGERBREAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjin-jər-ˌbred ]

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 -ˌbre-dəd adjective

• gin·ger·bready -dē adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.