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bun

DEFINITIONS OF: bun

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n small rounded bread either plain or sweet

Synonyms:
roll
Types:
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tea bread
sweetened buns to be eaten with tea
frankfurter bun, hotdog bun
a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter
hamburger bun, hamburger roll
a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty
brioche
a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet
crescent roll, croissant
very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
Vienna roll, hard roll
yeast-raised roll with a hard crust
soft roll
yeast-raised roll with a soft crust
kaiser roll
rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center
Parker House roll
yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking
clover-leaf roll
yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan
onion roll
yeast-raised roll flavored with onion
coffee roll, sweet roll
any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze
bagel, beigel
(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
cross bun, hot cross bun
moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
bialy, bialystoker
flat crusty-bottomed onion roll
bear claw, bear paw
almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw
cinnamon bun, cinnamon roll, cinnamon snail
rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking
caramel bun, honey bun, schnecken, sticky bun
rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom
pinwheel roll
pinwheel-shaped rolls spread with cinnamon and sugar and filled with e.g. jam before baking
danish, danish pastry
light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese
onion bagel
bagel flavored with onion
Type of:
bread, breadstuff, staff of life
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
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