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ginger
1[ jin-jer ]
noun
- a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to South Asia but now cultivated in many tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cooking and medicine. Compare ginger family.
- any of various plants related to or similar to Zingiber officinale.
- the rhizome of Zingiber officinale, ground, chopped, etc., and used as a flavoring.
- Informal. piquancy; animation:
There was plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.
- a yellowish or reddish brown.
verb (used with object)
- to treat or flavor with ginger, the spicy rhizome of the Zingiber officinale plant.
- Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually followed by up ):
to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.
adjective
- flavored or made with ginger, the spicy rhizome of the Zingiber officinale plant.
ginger
/ ˈdʒɪndʒə /
noun
- any of several zingiberaceous plants of the genus Zingiber, esp Z. officinale of the East Indies, cultivated throughout the tropics for its spicy hot-tasting underground stem See also galangal Compare wild ginger
- the underground stem of this plant, which is used fresh or powdered as a flavouring or crystallized as a sweetmeat
- any of certain related plants
- a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour
- ( as adjective )
ginger hair
- informal.liveliness; vigour
- informal.ˈɡɪŋə a person with ginger hair
verb
- tr to add the spice ginger to (a dish)
Word History and Origins
Origin of ginger1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ginger1
Example Sentences
The most strenuous thing about the recipe — and by “strenuous” I mean mildly time-consuming — was peeling and microplaning fresh ginger, because I am a ginger freak and thus always use at least twice the amount called for.
The duck bone broth, paired with thin rice noodles and crisp with scallions, fairly hums with ginger.
Now there’s a ginger-ale version too, not that anyone asked for it.
Some studies show that ginger can have a therapeutic effect on nausea, though whether it brings significant or mild relief varies from person to person.
There’s the basic categories you’d expect in a holiday cookie list — a linzer, a bar cookie, a ginger cookie — but all with a twist of some sort.
“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.
Ginger discrimination—particularly among boys—is a real problem, says artist Thomas Knights.
The teasing is so common that is has been accepted as “the standard ginger bullying” by those who Knights has encountered.
The names continue to pour in: Rihanna, Scarlett Johansson, and Rose McGowan—even though their ginger locks were only temporary.
He finally felt comfortable enough to embrace his ginger roots.
Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.
You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch you'd have lost out.
Ginger-beer could also be procured, and there were suspicions that the bottles so called contained something contraband.
Cinnamon Fly,—feather from Landrail,—orange and straw coloured silk for body,—ginger hackle for legs.
The little bantam can crow quicker, oftener and with more ginger than any other rooster on the place.
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