- [countable] a small round sweet cake
- an iced bun
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- cinnamon
- cream
- …
- eat
- have
- bake
- …
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- [countable] a small round flat bread roll
- a hamburger bun
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- cinnamon
- cream
- …
- eat
- have
- bake
- …
- [countable] long hair that has been twisted into a round shape and is worn on top or at the back of the head
- She wore her hair in a bun.
- He pulled his hair back into a messy bun.
- a woman with her hair in a loose bun
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- neat
- severe
- tight
- …
- in a bun
- into a bun
- buns[plural] (slang, especially North American English) the two sides of a person’s bottom
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.
Idioms
See bun in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhave a bun in the oven
- (informal, humorous) to be pregnant
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