gingerbread house

noun

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.

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Meanings

noungingerbread house (plural gingerbread houses)

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. architectureA house in gingerbread style.

Translations

Finnish piparkakkutalo
  • piparkakkutalonovelty confectionery
German Lebkuchenhaus, Pfefferkuchenhaus
  • Lebkuchenhausnovelty confectionery
  • Pfefferkuchenhausnovelty confectionery
Icelandic piparkökuhús
  • piparkökuhúsnovelty confectionery
Italian casetta di pan di zenzero, casetta di pan di spezie
  • casetta di pan di zenzeronovelty confectionery
  • casetta di pan di spezienovelty confectionery
Norwegian pepperkakehus
  • pepperkakehusnovelty confectionery
Swedish pepparkakshus
  • pepparkakshusnovelty confectionery
Cite this entry
APA

gingerbread house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerbread%20house

MLA

“gingerbread house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerbread%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gingerbread house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerbread%20house.

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