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Gingerbread

Noun:

1. A type of cake or biscuit flavored with ginger, cloves, and other spices.

Sample Sentence: I love the rich aroma of freshly baked gingerbread.

Noun:

2. A type of brownish-orange color.

Sample Sentence: She painted the living room walls in a cozy gingerbread shade.

Noun:

3. A person, typically a child, made of gingerbread, often decorated with icing and candy.

Sample Sentence: The children were delighted to build and decorate gingerbread houses for Christmas.

Adjective:

1. Relating to or resembling gingerbread.

Sample Sentence: The cozy little cottage had gingerbread trimmings on its windows and door.

Verb:

1. To decorate or build something with gingerbread, as a gingerbread house.

Sample Sentence: During the holiday season, families come together to gingerbread their homes and create beautiful edible masterpieces.

Verb:

2. (informal) To heavily disguise or alter something's true nature, especially when applied to software or computer code.

Sample Sentence: The hacker was able to gingerbread the malware, making it difficult to detect.