Definitions for Ginger

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Ginger gin·ger

Spelling: [jin-jer]

IPA: /ˈdʒɪn dʒər/

Ginger is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in Ginger (egginr).

Definitions for Ginger

noun

1. a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
2. any of various related or similar plants.
3. the rhizome of the ginger plant, ground, chopped, etc. and used as a flavoring.
4. Informal. piquancy; animation:
5. a yellowish or reddish brown.
6. a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.

adjective

1. flavored or made with ginger.

verb (used with object)

1. to treat or flavor with ginger.
2. Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually followed by up):

Origin of Ginger

before 1000; Middle English ginger, gingivere Old French gingivre Latin gingiber, for zingiberi Greek zingíberis; replacing Old English gingiber Latin, as above

Examples for Ginger

The names continue to pour in: Rihanna, Scarlett Johansson, and Rose McGowan—even though their ginger locks were only temporary.

ginger returned the china to the cupboard and sat next to him on the sofa.

Repeat this wiping every day, rub a mixture of pepper and ginger on the inside, and put a large piece of charcoal into it.

They sprinkled him with ginger, but it took a long time before he woke from his coma.

If you put the syrup hot to the ginger at first, it will shrink and shrivel.

ginger discrimination—particularly among boys—is a real problem, says artist Thomas Knights.

He finally felt comfortable enough to embrace his ginger roots.

The ginger must be steeped over-night, that you may be able to cut it.

Then, having poured it from the ginger, boil the syrup over again.

ginger shot off the couch and squared up with him, finger in his face.