cinnamon bun
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- noun
- /ˈsɪnəˌmən bʌn/
- Every Sunday, my grandmother makes cinnamon buns filled with raisins and topped with sugar.
- fresh cinnamon buns
- coffee and cinnamon buns
- sweet cinnamon buns
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Watch on YouTubeIf you love coffee, if you don't mind craving cinnamon buns throughout the entire book.
- If you love coffee, if you don't mind craving cinnamon buns throughout the entire book.
- I could say I am remembering the smell of a cinnamon bun right now, right?
- I think Santa in my house would like like a cinnamon bun.
- I was like, whatever, put it in the bag and he got in the car and he put it on his hands and then I was like, who stole a cinnamon bun?
- Like, not like something cute like strawberries, cinnamon buns or vanilla.
Examples
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The warm cinnamon bun was drizzled with icing and smelled of sweet spices.
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"And that's how you make instant cinnamon buns!" I told Tommy as I placed the tray into the oven.
Fiction book (2000) -
These are my famous cinnamon buns.
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You had warm cinnamon buns over there, right?
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Uh, I made the most delicious cinnamon buns.
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I'm sorry, but these are better than your cinnamon buns.
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Other participating students were offered coffee, tea, and cinnamon buns or biscuits for their participation.
Academic text (1999) -
After reading the Kirsten books, I had my mom make cinnamon buns and then woke my parents up in the middle of the night the next day to eat them.
Blog text (2) -
You're not going to get an experience like Ben and Jerry's cinnamon buns at a yogurt place.
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They are the Cinnabon cinnamon buns, not Cinnabon Cinnabon Oreo cookies.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sweet baked roll of dough filled with cinnamon and sugar
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1.3
A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts
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A sweet sticky pastry like a spiral roll flavored with honey and cinnamon
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A sweet pull-apart pastry of baked dough pieces coated in butter, sugar and cinnamon
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A sweet loaf of bread made with cinnamon, often with raisins
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A sweet baked roll shaped like a pinwheel filled with jam and cinnamon sugar
A sweet pastry of rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar
A sweet bun shaped like a bear's paw and often glazed
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cinnamon' (a spice) with 'bun' (a small round roll): it denotes a bun flavored with cinnamon. This is a straightforward, concrete noun+noun food compound common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name cinnamon bun comes from its two parts: cinnamon, the brown 'sweet spice', and bun, a small 'round bread'. Imagine spreading cinnamon and sugar on dough, rolling it up and baking it. That's why the name fits the sweet, rolled pastry we eat today.