bun
/bʌn/
Definition
Noun: 1. A small, round, often sweet bread roll: A bun is a small, soft, baked item made from dough. It can be plain or contain sweet ingredients like fruit, spices, or icing. 2. A hairstyle where the hair is gathered into a tight, round coil at the back or top of the head: This meaning refers to the shape of the hairstyle, which resembles the round form of the bread.
Examples
- Noun (Food):
- She ate a cinnamon bun for breakfast.
- Would you like a burger in a sesame seed bun?
- Noun (Hairstyle):
- She tied her long hair into a neat bun.
- The dancer secured her hair in a tight ballet bun.
Advanced Usage
- "To have a bun in the oven" (idiom, informal): To be pregnant.
- Rumor has it she has a bun in the oven.
- "To take the bun" (idiom, old-fashioned, informal): To be the best or most extreme example of something.
- His latest excuse for being late really takes the bun.
Variants and Related Words
- Bunny (noun): A child's word for a rabbit. This is a separate word, not a variant of "bun," but it shares a phonetic similarity.
- Bread roll (noun): A more general term for a small, individual portion of bread, often synonymous with a plain bun.
Synonyms
- For food: Roll, bread roll, muffin (though muffins are typically a different texture and recipe).
- For hairstyle: Chignon, knot.
Related Phrases
- Bun fight (noun, informal, chiefly British): A noisy argument or scuffle; also used humorously for a large, crowded social gathering with refreshments.
- The meeting turned into a bit of a bun fight.
- Bun sale (noun): A fundraising event where baked goods like buns are sold.
Related Idioms
- "Use your loaf" (idiom, informal, British): An expression meaning "use your common sense" or "think." ("Loaf" is slang for head, playing on "loaf of bread," connecting to the food-related "bun").
- Come on, use your loaf! The answer is obvious.
Noun
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small rounded bread either plain or sweet
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