ginger

«ginger» in Mova's school dictionary: A plant root with a hot, spicy taste, used in cooking and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ginger — uncountable; a ginger, gingers — informal); adjective (ginger)

meaning for a pupil

1) A plant root with a hot, spicy taste, used in cooking and drinks: ginger biscuits. tree →

2) (adjective) Orange-brown in colour, especially hair or a cat's fur: a ginger cat. tree →

3) (informal, UK, sometimes unkind) A person with red or orange hair. tree →

4) «ginger beer», «ginger ale» = fizzy drinks made with ginger. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life ginger is in biscuits, gingerbread and stir-fries; a «ginger tom» is an orange male cat; in stories red-haired characters are called «ginger». Phrases: «ginger biscuit», «gingerbread man», «ginger cat», «ginger beer».

examples

• We made a gingerbread man with raisin eyes. tree →
• Ginger tea helps when you feel sick. tree →
• Our ginger cat sleeps on the windowsill. tree →
• Ginger biscuits are good for dunking in tea. tree →
• Grate a little fresh ginger into the soup. tree →
• He has ginger hair and freckles. tree →
• Costly spices grew on the shores: the pepper plant, the cinnamon tree, ginger, saffron; the coffee plant and the tea plant. tree →

note

Uncountable for the spice: «some ginger». Calling a person «Ginger» can be friendly or unkind teasing — be careful. In the US people say «red hair» more than «ginger hair».

In the corpora

• Hair has its own words: a girl with dark hair is brune, and ginger hair is roux or rousse, never rouge.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ginger» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.