gingerbread man

Frosted holiday cookie

A gingerbread man is a cookie shaped like a human figure, made from gingerbread dough and typically decorated with icing for eyes, buttons, and clothing.

The shape is traditional to Christmas baking and figures in the folk tale of a cookie that runs away, taunting pursuers with You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.

decorating

icing

Sweet cake covering

sprinkles · piped · outlined · face · smile · bow tie · buttons · edible glitter · fondant · licorice

baking

oven

Enclosed cooking chamber

cloves · nutmeg · flour · sugar · butter · eggs · vanilla · allspice · leavening · golden-brown

fairytale

runaway

One who flees

  • chaseRapid following of quarry
  • foxCunning wild canine
  • riverLarge flowing watercourse

boastful · trickster · nursery rhyme · storybook · Grimm · catchphrase · cautionary tale · folklore · clever · escape

shape

humanoid

Being with body like ours

cookie cutter · arms · legs · head · outline · stamped · pressed · shaped · anthropomorphic · classic

holiday

Christmas

Winter nativity celebration

festive · seasonal · December · baking tradition · cookie exchange · family activity · holiday market · gift · stocking stuffer · caroling

ornament

Christmas tree

Decorated seasonal evergreen display

ceramic · wooden · felt · handmade · collectible · heirloom · display · garland · mantel · wreath

Categories
Opposites
cookie shape/form

gingerbread mangingerbread house

Confection shaped like dwelling

drop cookie

flavor profile

gingerbread mansugar cookie

Basic vanilla-flavored biscuit

shortbread · vanilla wafer · butter cookie · saltine

edibility/permanence

gingerbread mannutcracker

Tool for cracking shells

wooden soldier · porcelain figurine · tin soldier · mannequin · statue

Family

ginger, gingerbread, gingers, gingery, gingerbreads, gingerbread men

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G