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bearpaw

4.9

A sweet bun shaped like a bear's paw and often glazed

noun
/ˈbɛrˌpɔ/

: pan de oso

The bakery's famous bearpaw is covered in a sweet glaze and sprinkled with cinnamon.

Examples

She bought a warm bearpaw from the bakery to eat with her coffee on the walk.
He enjoyed a fresh bearpaw as a treat after his morning run.
I love a warm bearpaw with my coffee.
The bakery sells delicious bearpaws every morning.
She bought a warm bearpaw from the bakery to eat with her coffee on the walk.
The bakery's famous bearpaw is covered in a sweet glaze and sprinkled with cinnamon.
He enjoyed a fresh bearpaw as a treat after his morning run.

Synonyms

bun

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117 1.0

A small round bread roll that is plain or sweet

is a specific sweet pastry formed into segmented handlike shape rather than a simple roll

cinnamon bun

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9 1.3

A sweet rolled pastry baked with cinnamon and sugar, often with raisins

is hand formed into a segmented shape instead of a sliced spiral

sticky bun

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6 1.3

A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts

is shaped by hand into segments rather than rolled and baked as slices

honey bun

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3 1.4

A sweet sticky pastry like a spiral roll flavored with honey and cinnamon

is formed with a handlike shape and often topped rather than spiraled

bear claw

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1 2.9

A sweet yeast pastry shaped like a semicircle with slits

is typically sweeter and finished with glaze or sugar rather than almond focus

monkey bread

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1 3.1

A sweet pull-apart pastry of baked dough pieces coated in butter, sugar and cinnamon

is a single molded bun with distinct rounded segments rather than many pieces

caramel bun

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1 2.3

A small sweet roll filled with sticky caramel and nuts

is hand formed into rounded segments rather than baked as tin slices

honeybun

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1 2.7

A sweet sticky pastry made with honey or sugar eaten as a snack

is molded into a handlike shape and often glazed rather than uniformly sticky

bear paw

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1 7.6

A sweet bun shaped like a bear's paw with almond filling

is sweeter and often glazed or dusted with cinnamon or sugar

Surface Forms

bearpaw singular

bearpaws plural

Morphology

bearpaw = bear + paw (transparent) = bear + paw

A straightforward compound where the pastry is named for its shape resembling a bear's paw.

Etymology

Bearpaw comes from the two simple words bear and paw. The bun is shaped like a bear's 'paw', so the name tells you it is a sweet, paw-shaped pastry often glazed or topped with cinnamon.