SWEET ROLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet roll mean? 

• SWEET ROLL (noun)
  The noun SWEET ROLL has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze

  Familiarity information: SWEET ROLL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET ROLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coffee roll; sweet roll

Hypernyms ("sweet roll" is a kind of...):

bun; roll (small rounded bread either plain or sweet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet roll"):

cross bun; hot cross bun (moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze)

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)