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bun 1
(bŭn)n.
1.
a. An unsweetened round or oblong roll, used especially to hold a hamburger patty or a hot dog.
b. A small sweetened roll, often spiced or containing dried fruit.
2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
[Middle English bunne, probably from Old French bugne, boil, of Celtic origin.]
bun 2
(bŭn)n. Slang
A drunken spree.
[Origin unknown.]
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bun
(bʌn)n
1. (Cookery) a small roll, similar to bread but usually containing sweetening, currants, spices, etc
2. any of various types of small round sweet cakes
3. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a hairstyle in which long hair is gathered into a bun shape at the back of the head
4. have a bun in the oven slang to be pregnant
[C14: of unknown origin]
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bun1
(bʌn)n.
1. any of various usu. round bread rolls.
2. hair gathered into a round coil or knot, as at the nape of the neck.
3. buns, Slang. buttocks.
[1325–75; Middle English bunne, of obscure orig.]
bun2
(bʌn)n. Idiom.
have a bun on, Slang. to be intoxicated.
[1895–1900, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
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| Noun | 1. |  bun - small rounded bread either plain or sweetbread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked 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 hard roll, Vienna 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 |
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Translations
كَعْكَةُ زَبيبكَعْكَة مَحَلـّاة قَليلاً
buchtahouskasladká žemle
bollebasse
pullatakalistonutturapakarat
pecivo
kontymolnárkazsemle
snúîur, bolla
バン
작은 빵
smalkmaizīte
brioška
kolačekkruhek
bulle
ขนมปังนุ่ม
bánh bao
bun
[bʌn]A. N
1. (Culin) → bollo m, magdalena f (Brit) (= cake) → pastel m
to have a bun in the oven → estar en estado
to have a bun in the oven → estar en estado
3. buns (esp US) (= buttocks) → trasero msing
B. CPD bun fight N merienda servida para mucha gente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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bun
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bun
[bʌn] n (Culin) → panino dolce; (of hair) → chignon m inv, crocchiato wear one's hair in a bun → portare lo chignon
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bun
(ban) noun a kind of sweet cake. a currant bun.
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bun
→ كَعْكَة مَحَلـّاة قَليلاً houska bolle weiches Brötchen κουλουράκι bollo pulla petit gâteau pecivo ciambella バン 작은 빵 bolletje bolle drożdżówka pão doce pequeno сдобная булочка bulle ขนมปังนุ่ม çörek bánh bao 小圆面包Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009