bun : Idioms & Phrases

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bun-fight

  • noun (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
    bunfight.
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caramel bun

  • noun rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom
    caramel bun; schnecken; honey bun.
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cinnamon bun

  • noun rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
    cinnamon roll; cinnamon snail.
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cross bun

  • noun moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
    cross bun.
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cross-bun

Cross"-bun` noun
Definitions
  1. A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
Webster 1913

frankfurter bun

  • noun a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter
    frankfurter bun.
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hamburger bun

  • noun a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty
    hamburger roll.
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have a bun in the oven

  • verb be pregnant with
    carry; gestate; bear; expect.
    • She is bearing his child
    • The are expecting another child in January
    • I am carrying his child
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honey bun

  • noun rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom
    caramel bun; schnecken; honey bun.
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hot cross bun

  • noun moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
    cross bun.
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hotdog bun

  • noun a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter
    frankfurter bun.
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sticky bun

  • noun rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom
    caramel bun; schnecken; honey bun.
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