hot cross bun

hot cross bun

n. A sweet, spiced bun marked on top with a cross of frosting, traditionally eaten during Lent.

hot cross bun

n (Cookery) a yeast bun with spices, currants, and sometimes candied peel, marked with a cross and traditionally eaten on Good Friday

hot′ cross` bun′

n. a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent. [1725–35]

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Noun

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hot cross bun - moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glazecross buncoffee roll, sweet roll - any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze