ginger

[US]/'dʒɪndʒə/
[UK]/'dʒɪndʒɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a pungent spice made from the rhizome of a plant, used in cooking and traditional medicine.

Phrases & Collocations

ginger tea

ginger ale

pickled ginger

ginger root

gingerbread cookie

ginger chicken

ginger dressing

ginger soy sauce

ginger juice

fresh ginger

dried ginger

ginger powder

ginger oil

ginger beer

ginger up

shredded ginger

wild ginger

Example Sentences

There is no ginger in him.

to ginger up a performance

Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.

He's called 'Ginger' because of his bright ginger hair.

A steel drum band gingered up the party.

she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit.

he puts some ginger in the poet.

I could see his ginger head bobbing about.

she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up.

Shark's Lip defrost completely and blanche with ginger water to remove fishiness.

Her fiance&1& sported a neat ginger moustache.

Nutritional Effects: the main ingredients of pungent taste in ginger include zingerone, ginger alcohol and ginger hydroxybenzene which are volatile to some extend.

Ginger contains spicy ginger oil, zingiberol, gingerone, zingiberene and gingerol etc. which can relieve the cerebral cortex, heart and central nerve.

Recipes: mixed Yelang Sauce, fecula, ginger, garlic, vinegar and salt.

Pepper, Cumin, Cardamom, Ginger, Fennel, Ajowan, Bajra, Jowar, Spice Freshner, Spiced Tea

We want to buy Pepper, Cumin, Cardamom, Ginger, Fennel, Ajowan, Bajra, Jowar, Spice Freshner, Spiced Tea

Real-world Examples

Ginger and spice are not very nice.

Source: New Standard Primary English Grade 3 Lower Volume by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

So get some ginger, first chop it finely.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

Or we sometimes say, he's a ginger.

Source: Learn phrases and vocabulary with Vanessa.

My husband is a ginger and he doesn't care.

Source: Learn phrases and vocabulary with Vanessa.

Let's have some ginger for garnish. Maybe wild spinach.

Source: Gourmet Base

If it's blonde, almost ginger, you can say strawberry blonde.

Source: English With Lucy (Bilingual Experience)

Yes, I'd like a glass of ginger ale with ice.

Source: Travel Across America

" I'd say I'll get a bite or two, wouldn't you, ginger? "

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

" Left, 'ave you, ginger? " said Scabior.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

We just got in some excellent ginger.

Source: Mulan 2

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