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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#m1)

2) (adjective) Orange-brown in colour, especially hair or a cat's fur: a ginger cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#m2)

3) (informal, UK, sometimes unkind) A person with red or orange hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#m3)

4) «ginger beer», «ginger ale» = fizzy drinks made with ginger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x1)
- Ginger tea helps when you feel sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x2)
- Our ginger cat sleeps on the windowsill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x3)
- Ginger biscuits are good for dunking in tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x4)
- Grate a little fresh ginger into the soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x5)
- He has ginger hair and freckles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x6)
- Costly spices grew on the shores: the pepper plant, the cinnamon tree, ginger, saffron; the coffee plant and the tea plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ginger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.