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- [buhn]
- /bʌn/
- /bʌn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhn]
- /bʌn/
Definitions of bun word
- countable noun bun Buns are small bread rolls. They are sometimes sweet and may contain dried fruit or spices. 3
- countable noun bun Buns are small sweet cakes. They often have icing on the top. 3
- countable noun bun If a woman has her hair in a bun, she has fastened it tightly on top of her head or at the back of her head in the shape of a ball. 3
- countable noun bun Your buns are your buttocks. 3
- noun bun a small roll, similar to bread but usually containing sweetening, currants, spices, etc 3
- noun bun any of various types of small round sweet cakes 3
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Origin of bun
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English bunne, of obscure origin
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bun
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bun popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bun usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bun
noun bun
- doughnut — a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.
- pastry — a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- bread — Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- muffin — an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan (muffin pan) containing a series of cuplike forms.
- scone — a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.
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