gingerbread

as inextra
as infancy
as inornament
as intrim
as indecoration
as inembellishment
as infrill
as ingarnish

Synonyms for gingerbread

adj accessory; excess

Antonyms for gingerbread

Word Origin & History

late 13c., gingerbrar, from Old French ginginbrat "ginger preserve," from Medieval Latin gingimbratus "gingered," from gingiber (see ginger). The ending changed by folk etymology to -brede "bread," a formation attested by mid-14c. Originally "preserved ginger," the meaning "a kind of spiced cake" is from 15c. Figurative use, "showy, insubstantial" is from c.1600. Sense of "fussy decoration on a house" is first recorded 1757; gingerbread-work (1748) was a sailor's term for carved decoration on a ship.

Example Sentences for gingerbread

She has been helping us make crumpets, crullers, gingerbread, and cake.

Suppose I should wish to buy a small piece of gingerbread for a cent.

Sairy, cutting the gingerbread into squares, held the knife suspended.

"Well, you will have to if we have gingerbread for supper," said Gloriana.

Now you can put in your gingerbread whenever you are ready, Glory.

“Now you children must each have a piece of my gingerbread,” she said.

I had just as lief have some gingerbread and a pickle-lime,' was her calm response.

You want I should get you a piece o' gingerbread and a glass o' milk?

As I entered the kitchen, I sniffed a pleasant smell of gingerbread baking.

"Put my 'gingerbread boy' on top," cried Phronsie, handing him up.

gingerbread

Synonyms for gingerbread

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More words related to gingerbread

decoration

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