gingerbread
- A type of cake or cookie flavored with ginger and typically molasses or honey, often shaped into figures or decorated with icing. nounEvery holiday season, we bake gingerbread cookies and decorate them with icing.The gingerbread house was intricately decorated with candy and icing.
- Elaborate or ornate decoration, often used to describe architecture or design that is excessively detailed or embellished. nounThe Victorian house was adorned with gingerbread trim along the eaves.The gingerbread detailing on the old building gave it a whimsical appearance.