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HOT CROSS BUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot cross bun mean?
• HOT CROSS BUN (noun)
The noun HOT CROSS BUN has 1 sense:
1. moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
Familiarity information: HOT CROSS BUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
cross bun; hot cross bun
Hypernyms ("hot cross bun" is a kind of...):
coffee roll; sweet roll (any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze)
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