ginger nut
Crunchy treacle cookie
A ginger nut is a hard, crunchy cookie flavored with ginger and other spices: She dunked a ginger nut in her tea.
The term is primarily British; Americans typically say gingersnap.
Separately, ginger nut is slang for a red-haired person, playing on the reddish-brown color of the cookie.
Auburn-haired individual
- carrot-topSlang for a redhead
- auburnReddish-brown hue
- flame-hairedHaving bright red hair
- frecklesPigmented skin spots
nickname · teasing · British · colloquial
Sweet baked snack
- snackLight between-meal fare
- dunkingBrief submersion in liquid
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
- shortbreadButtery, crumbly biscuit
biscuit tin · treat · teatime · afternoon tea · elevenses · batch · homemade · baking
redhead
Auburn-haired individual
- carrot-topSlang for a redhead
- auburnReddish-brown hue
- flame-hairedHaving bright red hair
freckles · nickname · teasing · British · colloquial
cookie
Sweet baked snack
shortbread · biscuit tin · treat · teatime · afternoon tea · elevenses · batch · homemade · baking · oven
spicy
Having strong heat
- treacleThick sugar-refining byproduct
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- golden syrupRefined cane sugar syrup
cinnamon · nutmeg · clove · warm · pungent · fiery · zesty · sweet · caramelised · aromatic
crunchy
Breaking with sound
hard · crumbly · craggy · crackle · bite · firm · dense · dry · toasted
- ginger
ginger nutmarshmallow
Spongy sugar confection
sponge cake · madeleine · mochi · soft pretzel · muffin
ginger nutvanilla wafer
Flat, pale cookie
shortbread · butter cookie · sugar cookie · rich tea biscuit · water biscuit
ginger, nut, gingers, gingery, gingered, nuts, nutty, nuttier, nuttiest