bunnoun
uk/bʌn/us/bʌn/bun noun (FOOD)
B2 [ C ] a small, sweet, usually round cake:
a cinnamon bun
B2 [ C ] mainly US a small, round piece of bread, especially one that is cut horizontally and holds a burger:
a hamburger bun
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Cakes
- angel food cake
- angelica
- bake sale
- baked goods
- Bakewell tart
- devil's food cake
- donut
- doughnut
- dumpling
- fairy cake
- Madeira cake
- marzipan
- meringue
- monkey bread
- muffin
- stollen
- streusel
- Swiss roll
- teacake
- topping
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Bread
bun noun (HAIRSTYLE)
[ C ] a woman's hairstyle where the hair is brought together into a round shape at the back of the head:
She wore her hair in a bun.
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Hairstyles
- barnet
- blowout
- bob
- bunch
- close-cropped
- coiffed
- comb-over
- cornrow
- crew cut
- fauxhawk
- flattop
- fringe
- loose
- pageboy
- permanent wave
- pigtail
- ponytail
- quiff
- shake
- shoulder-length
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bun noun (BOTTOM)
[ C usually plural ] mainly US informal a buttock (= one side of a person's bottom)
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The buttocks
- arse
- ass
- back end
- backside
- behind
- booty
- bot
- bottom
- bum
- butt
- buttock
- cheek
- derrière
- duff
- gluteal
- haunch
- posterior
- rump
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Idiom(s)
have a bun in the oven