sweet roll
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1.1
- noun
- /swit roʊl/
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rollo dulce
- He orders coffee and a sweet roll.
- coffee and sweet rolls
- dozen sweet rolls
- sweet rolls every morning
Examples
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Man is a social animal and loves to hunker down with friends around a campfire or relax around a conference room table with a cup of coffee and a plate of fresh fruit and maybe a sweet roll from the meeting buffet.
Blog text (15) -
The plate of sweet rolls sat unmolested in the center of the long rectangular table.
Fiction book (1999) -
Do you want a sweet roll?
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Let's get a sweet roll.
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Can you spare one of your sweet rolls?
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I bought fresh, warm sweet rolls from the back door of a local bakery and ate them on the way.
Fiction book (1990) -
The bag contained a half dozen sweet rolls, cheese, chocolate, and fruitcake.
Fiction book (1990) -
Didn't you bring me any doughnuts or sweet rolls?
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He welcomed Meredith with grace and old-world courtesy, pausing to make coffee and offer store-bought sweet rolls.
Fiction book (1991) -
On Sunday mornings, we often enjoy a freshly baked sweet roll with our coffee.
Synonyms
164
1.0
A small round bread roll that is plain or sweet
5
1.3
A sweet baked roll covered in sticky sugar and often nuts
5
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
A sweet yeast roll often made with spices, raisins or nuts and served with coffee
A sweet baked roll shaped like a pinwheel filled with jam and cinnamon sugar
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small sweetened bread roll' is directly derivable from combining 'sweet' (having a sugary taste) with 'roll' (a small rolled/baked item). This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following normal English patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun sweet roll comes from a simple baking picture: a small roll made sweet with sugar, cinnamon, or a sticky glaze, often shaped in a warm spiral. That's why today it means 'a small, sweet bread often filled or glazed'.