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cinnamon snail

cinnamon snail

2.8
A sweet pastry of rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪnəmən sneɪl/
  • UK
translation icon : rollo de canela
  • The bakery’s signature pastry is the cinnamon snail, filled with plump raisins.

Examples

  • She enjoyed a fresh cinnamon snail with her morning coffee.

  • The bakery sells delicious cinnamon snails every morning.

  • I baked a batch of cinnamon snails for the holiday brunch.

  • I love a fresh cinnamon snail with my coffee.

  • I baked a batch of cinnamon snails for the holiday brunch.

  • She enjoyed a fresh cinnamon snail with her morning coffee.

  • The bakery’s signature pastry is the cinnamon snail, filled with plump raisins.

Synonyms

cinnamon bun
vscinnamon snail
8 1.3

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

has identical meaning but uses a different name for the same pastry
cinnamon roll
vscinnamon snail
5 1.0

A sweet baked roll of dough filled with cinnamon and sugar

has identical meaning but uses a different name for the same pastry

How Cinnamon-Flavored

cinnamon snail
  • UK
2.8

Surface Forms

cinnamon snail singular
cinnamon snails plural

Morphology

cinnamon + snail

The constituents 'cinnamon' (a spice) and 'snail' (an animal) do not transparently combine to yield the meaning 'a rolled cinnamon pastry' for a B1 learner. While 'snail' may be used metaphorically to indicate a spiral shape, that figurative mapping to a baked good is not predictable or cross-linguistically common, so the overall sense cannot be derived from the parts without prior exposure.

Etymology

Cinnamon snail gets its name from the pastry's look and taste because the dough is rolled into a tight spiral like a snail and is spread with sweet cinnamon and sugar. So, cinnamon snail means a sweet 'pastry' or rolled 'bun' flavored with cinnamon.