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- [jin-jer]
- /ˈdʒɪn dʒər/
- /ˈdʒɪn.dʒər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jin-jer]
- /ˈdʒɪn dʒər/
Definitions of ginger word
- noun ginger a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina. 1
- verb with object ginger to treat or flavor with ginger. 1
- verb with object ginger Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually followed by up): to ginger up a talk with a few jokes. 1
- adjective ginger flavored or made with ginger. 1
- noun ginger A hot fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant. It is chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied. 1
- noun ginger root eaten as a spice 1
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Origin of ginger
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English ginger, gingivere < Old French gingivre < Latin gingiber, for zingiberi < Greek zingíberis; replacing Old English gingiber < Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Ginger
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ginger popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ginger usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ginger
noun ginger
- heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- earnestness — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
- gameness — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
verb ginger
- salted — containing salt; having the taste of salt: salt water.
- salting — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- flavor — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- pepper — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- peppering — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
adjective ginger
- hazel — a female given name.
- umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- puce — of a dark or brownish purple.
- russet — yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
Antonyms for ginger
noun ginger
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- fear — a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
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