HOT CROSS BUN

Meaning of HOT CROSS BUN in English

a small sweet cake containing raisins and spices, and marked with the Christian symbol of the cross on the top. Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten hot, with butter on, on Good Friday .

➡ note at Easter .

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HOT CROSS BUN — noun : a raisin bun marked with a cross made of sugar frosting traditionally served on Good Friday
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOT CROSS BUN — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent. [ 1725-35 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOT CROSS BUN — ■ noun a bun marked with a cross and containing dried fruit, traditionally eaten on Good Friday.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOT CROSS BUN — noun a small sweet bread roll that contains currants and has a pattern of a cross on top, traditionally eaten …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT-CROSS BUN — ˌhot-cross ˈbun BrE AmE noun [countable] a round sweet bread roll with a mark in the shape of a cross …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOT-CROSS BUN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Good Friday is about punks at Hastings, where I lived for many years, seen feeding …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOT CROSS BUN — горячая крестовая булочка (сдобная, с корицей; на верхней корке крест из теста или сахарной глазури; перед едой разогревается; по традиции …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
HOT CROSS BUN — son
Cocney English vocab
HOT CROSS BUN — булочка с изображением креста (которую едят в великую пятницу и во время великого поста)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOT CROSS BUN — (горячая) булочка с изображением креста ( которую едят в великую пятницу и во время великого поста )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOT CROSS BUN — горячая крестовая булочка (сдобная, с корицей; на верхней корке крест из теста или сахарной глазури; перед едой разогревается; по традиции …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
HOT CROSS BUN — булочка с изображением креста (которую едят в великую пятницу и во время великого поста)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUN — Airport Name : Gerardo Tobar López Airport Airport Location : Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia IATA Code : BUN ICAO …
Airport Code English Dictionary
BUN — panette
English interlingue dictionary
BUN — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~ne Date: 14th century a sweet or plain small bread, a knot of hair shaped …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CROSS — I Principal symbol of Christianity , recalling the crucifixion of Jesus . There are four basic iconogaphic representations: the crux …
Английский словарь Британика
HOT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSS — I. ˈkrȯs also ˈkräs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English cros, crosse, from Old English cros, from Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUN — I. ˈbən, ˈbu̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bune, bunne, from Old English bune reed; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSS — — crossable , adj. — crossability , n. /kraws, kros/ , n., v., adj., crosser, crossest . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUN — bun 1 /bun/ , n. 1. any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROSS — I. ˈkrȯs noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUN — I. ˈbən noun Etymology: Middle English bunne Date: 14th century 1. : a sweet or plain small bread ; especially …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROSS
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROSS — [cross] n [ME, fr. OE, fr. ON or OIr; ON kross, fr. OIr cros, fr. L cruc-, crux] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUN — [bun] n [ME bunne] (14c) 1: a sweet or plain small bread; esp: a round roll 2: a knot of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROSS — the principal symbol of the Christian religion, recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the redeeming benefits of his Passion …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOT — hot BrE AmE hɒt AmE hɑːt ▷ hots hɒts AmE hɑːts ▷ hotted ˈhɒt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɑːt̬ əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUN — bun BrE AmE bʌn ▷ buns bʌnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOT — / hɒt; NAmE hɑːt/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hot·ter , hot·test ) TEMPERATURE 1. having a high temperature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CROSS — / krɒs; NAmE krɔːs/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun MARK ON PAPER 1. [ C ] a mark …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUN — / bʌn; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] ( BrE ) a small round sweet cake : an iced …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CROSS — I. cross 1 S2 W2 /krɒs $ krɒːs/ BrE AmE verb 1 . GO FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER [intransitive …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUN — bun /bʌn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1-3, 5: Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from Old French bugne 'swelling …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CROSS — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUN — n. 1 a small usu. sweetened bread roll or cake, often with dried fruit. 2 Sc. a rich fruit cake …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOT — adj., v., & adv. adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CROSS — n., v., & adj. n. 1 an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUN — n. 1 a small usu. sweetened bread roll or cake, often with dried fruit. 2 Sc. a rich fruit cake …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1. a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Oxford English vocab
CROSS — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
BUN — n.1 a small usu. sweetened bread roll or cake, often with dried fruit. 2 Sc. a rich fruit cake or …
Oxford English vocab
CROSS — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /krɒs, AM krɔ:s/ ( crosses, crossing, crossed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — ( hotter, hottest, hots, hotting, hotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUN — ( buns) 1. Buns are small bread rolls. They are sometimes sweet and may contain dried fruit or spices. ...a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/warm/hot spell ▪ There was a very cold spell in late November. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CROSS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a border crossing (= a place where you cross a border ) ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cream cake/bun British English (= a cake with cream inside ) Chelsea bun hot-cross …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUN — (HAIRSTYLE) [noun] [C] - a woman's hairstyle where the hair is gathered into a round shape at the back of …
Cambridge English vocab
CROSS — n. Cross River cross section cross country running cross country skiing cross fertilization thread cross John of the Cross Saint …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROSS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUN — Synonyms and related words : Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bagel, bialy, bialystoker, braid, chignon, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUN — A common name for a rabbit, also for the monosyllable. To touch bun for luck; a practice observed among sailors …
Slang English vocab
BUN — noun 1 small cake or bread roll ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ cinnamon ( esp. AmE ) ▪ cream , currant …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOT — INDEX: 1. objects/surfaces/liquids 2. food/drink 3. room/place/weather 4. warm, but not hot 5. when you feel hot 6. clothes that …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — See ↑ FASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLE 1, ↑ HOT 1,2,3,5, ↑ TASTE 6, ↑ WEATHER 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ baking/baking hot • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — adj. 25B6; adjective hot food : HEATED, piping (hot), sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling (hot), searing, scorching, scalding, red-hot. a hot …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROSS — n. 25B6; noun a bronze cross : CRUCIFIX, rood. we all have our crosses to bear : BURDEN, trouble, worry, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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