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Traditional English :: ginger
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ginger - n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking, or preserved in syrup, or candied. b the plant, Zingiber officinale, of SE Asia, having this root.
2 a light reddish-yellow colour.
3 spirit, mettle.
4 stimulation. --adj. --v.tr.
1 flavour with ginger.
2 (foll. by up) rouse or enliven. black ginger unscraped ginger. ginger ale an effervescent non-alcoholic clear drink flavoured with ginger extract. ginger beer an effervescent mildly alcoholic cloudy drink, made by fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup. ginger group Brit. a group within a party or movement that presses for stronger or more radical policy or action. ginger-nut a ginger-flavoured biscuit. ginger-pop colloq. = ginger ale. ginger-snap a thin brittle biscuit flavoured with ginger. ginger wine a drink of fermented sugar, water, and bruised ginger. gingery adj. [ME f. OE gingiber & OF gingi(m)bre, both f. med.L gingiber ult. f. Skr. srngaveram f. srngam horn + -vera body, with ref. to the antler-shape of the root] |
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Most Often Usage
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ginger ale
blenheim ginger ale
vernors ginger ale
canada dry ginger ale
as told by ginger
ginger baker
ginger beer
carrot ginger soup
ginger and cinnamon
ginger salad dressing
ginger dressing
ginger plant
pickled ginger
ginger lynn allen
ginger rogers
white ginger
ginger lily
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