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JINJ-uh/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

Ginger is a hot-tasting root used in cooking, biscuits, and drinks. Often uncountable: some ginger, ginger tea, a ginger biscuit. Garlic is also a strong kitchen root but not hot-sweet like ginger. Ginger can describe orange-brown hair — later meaning. Not singer (a person who sings).

Meaning

A hot-tasting root used in cooking and in drinks.

Examples

• “This biscuit has ginger in it.”
• “Add a little ginger to the soup.”
• “This ginger tea is too strong.”

Good to know

often uncountable: ginger. Kitchen root. Contrast: garlic. Mix-up: singer. Later: ginger hair.

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