gingerbreads

as inornament
as intrim
as indecoration
as inembellishment
as infrill
as ingarnish

Synonyms for gingerbreads

noun decoration

Antonyms for gingerbreads

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 gingerbreads

Mr. Simeon never forgets to give us gingerbreads when he is there himself.

For gingerbreads and thin rolled cakes, it should be dark brown.

They are entertained with plum-loaf or gingerbreads and brandy.

He was a great favorite with the two youngsters, and used to order toys, dolls, and gingerbreads for them from London.

It was a long canvas tent with a drinking-bar at one end, and stalls in the corners for the sale of gingerbreads and gimcracks.

For gingerbreads and small cakes or cookies, light brown answers.