Gingerbread is a type of sweet food. It has ginger and spices. People eat it as cakes or cookies, especially in winter.
I like to eat gingerbread at Christmas.
She baked gingerbread cookies for us.
Gingerbread house means a small house made from gingerbread cookies. People decorate it with sweets at Christmas time.
We made a gingerbread house for the party.
The gingerbread house had candy on it.
Gingerbread as a color means a warm brown similar to the gingerbread food. It is often used to describe clothes or paint.
Her coat is a lovely gingerbread color.
The walls were painted gingerbread brown.
Gingerbread style means a style with a lot of small, pretty decorations. It is used for houses or furniture, especially old ones.
The gingerbread house had detailed wooden edges.
She likes gingerbread-style decorations on furniture.
Gingerbread is used informally to mean a person who has red or orange hair. It is a friendly nickname sometimes.
He is a gingerbread with bright red hair.
Many gingerbreads have freckles on their skin.
To gingerbread something means to add many small, pretty decorations. It is usually about houses or objects for beauty.
They gingerbreaded the old house last summer.
She gingerbreaded the cake with icing and candy.
