gingerbread house

English

A gingerbread house

Pronunciation

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Noun

gingerbread house (plural gingerbread houses)

1. A novelty confectionery in the shape of a house, with walls, roof and sometimes chimney made of dense, crisp gingerbread, held together with frosting and decorated with candies; popular especially at Christmastime.
2. (architecture) A house in gingerbread style.

Translations

novelty confectionery

• Finnish: piparkakkutalo (fi)
• German: Lebkuchenhaus (de) n, Pfefferkuchenhaus (de) n
• Icelandic: piparkökuhús n
• Italian: casetta di pan di zenzero f, casetta di pan di spezie f
• Norwegian: pepperkakehus n
• Swedish: pepparkakshus (sv) n