"gingerbread house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gingerbread houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Baking, Christmas, Foods Translations (novelty confectionery): piparkakkutalo (Finnish), Lebkuchenhaus [neuter] (German), Pfefferkuchenhaus [neuter] (German), piparkökuhús [neuter] (Icelandic), casetta di pan di zenzero [feminine] (Italian), casetta di pan di spezie [feminine] (Italian), pepperkakehus [neuter] (Norwegian), pepparkakshus [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gingerbread_house-en-noun-r57ul-l9 Disambiguation of Baking: 66 34 Disambiguation of Christmas: 96 4 Disambiguation of Foods: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'novelty confectionery': 91 9
  2. (architecture) A house in gingerbread style. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-gingerbread_house-en-noun-L8mwve9c Topics: architecture

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