cinnamon bun
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈsɪnəˌmən bʌn/
:
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- Every Sunday, my grandmother makes cinnamon buns filled with raisins and topped with sugar.
- fresh cinnamon buns
- coffee and cinnamon buns
- sweet cinnamon buns
If 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
5
1.3
A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts
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1.0
A sweet baked roll of dough filled with cinnamon and sugar
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1.4
A sweet sticky pastry like a spiral roll flavored with honey and cinnamon
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1.0
A sweet loaf of bread made with cinnamon, often with raisins
A sweet pastry of rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar
A sweet baked roll shaped like a pinwheel filled with jam and cinnamon sugar
A sweet bun shaped like a bear's paw and often glazed
A sweet pull-apart pastry of baked dough pieces coated in butter, sugar and cinnamon
How Sweet
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.