gingerbread

gin·ger·bread

noun \ˈjin-jər-ˌbred\

Definition of GINGERBREAD

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

First Known Use of GINGERBREAD

15th century

Rhymes with GINGERBREAD

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gingerbread

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of the Carpenter Gothic style.