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honeybun

honeybun

1 2.7
A sweet sticky pastry made with honey or sugar eaten as a snack
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌniˌbʌn/
  • US
: panecillo de miel
  • She reached for a honeybun and savored its sweet, sticky texture.

Examples

  • At the bakery, they sell delicious honeybuns filled with creamy frosting.

  • Do you know my accompanist, Miss Honeybun?

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

  • For dessert, I enjoyed a warm honeybun topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Synonyms

cinnamon bun
vshoneybun
9 1.3

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

is made with honey or sugar and focuses on stickiness rather than cinnamon
sticky bun
vshoneybun
  • US
6 1.3

A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts

is a general sweet pastry not focused on that baking gooeyness
honey bun
vshoneybun
  • US
3 1.4

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

is the same pastry but written as a single word
caramel bun
vshoneybun
1 2.3

A small sweet roll filled with sticky caramel and nuts

is a sweet sticky pastry not limited to baking in tins

How Sweet

honeybun
  • US
1 2.7
cinnamon roll
10 1.0
pastry
12 1.0
muffin
181 1.0

Surface Forms

honeybun singular
honeybuns plural

Morphology

honeybun = honey + bun (transparent) = honey + bun

Direct compound of 'honey' + 'bun' describing a bun flavored with or glazed by honey/sugar, so the meaning is readily inferable from the components.

Etymology

Honeybun combines honey ('sweet substance from bees') and bun ('small bread'), so it means a sweet, sticky pastry or small cake often eaten as a snack.