noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cream cake/bun British English (= a cake with cream inside )
Chelsea bun
hot-cross bun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hot
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Sue Cale demonstrated the art of making hot cross buns using fast action dried yeast.
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In Britain, we have egg rolling competitions and Hot cross bun ceremonies.
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Mr Perkins wanted us to divide it into four quarters, so the final appearance would resemble a hot cross bun .
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There are also recipes for Simnel cake, Hot cross buns and spicy biscuits from our very own shores.
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Spice and fruit breads, similar to hot cross buns , were typical Elizabethan Lenten fare.
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It was not until the Reformation in 1660 that the spiced loaves were replaced by hot cross buns .
sticky
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The police considered this and took him down to the station - for tea and sticky buns .
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Virtually every-one has childhood recollections of the best sticky or cinnamon bun in the world.
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Unessential is actually an unfair epithet when applied to sticky buns .
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What it is, though, is the original Philadelphia sticky bun encounter.
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The sticky buns , wrapped in two wax papers, went into his coat pocket.
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The glazed side will now be up and the glaze will run all over the sticky buns and off.
■ NOUN
cross
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Sue Cale demonstrated the art of making hot cross buns using fast action dried yeast.
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In Britain, we have egg rolling competitions and Hot cross bun ceremonies.
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Mr Perkins wanted us to divide it into four quarters, so the final appearance would resemble a hot cross bun .
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There are also recipes for Simnel cake, Hot cross buns and spicy biscuits from our very own shores.
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Spice and fruit breads, similar to hot cross buns , were typical Elizabethan Lenten fare.
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It was not until the Reformation in 1660 that the spiced loaves were replaced by hot cross buns .
currant
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They were buying Eccles cakes and treacle tart and currant buns and iced tarts with bright-red cherries on top.
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She reminded him of a currant bun .
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You're a marvellous worker; and what's more, you make the best currant buns I've ever tasted.
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Cockney mums were making tart comments to waitresses about the shocking price of currant buns .
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Mama, Millie has brought you a present; they're currant buns .
■ VERB
steam
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Gao Yang counted seven old fingers buried in the steamed bun , which had long since given up its original shape.
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Each cellmate grabbed a steamed bun , leaving one, fist-sized and gray in color with a shiny skin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gao Yang counted seven old fingers buried in the steamed bun , which had long since given up its original shape.
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She so obviously hadn't given up stuffing herself with Salmon's cream buns.
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Spoon into the choux buns and sprinkle with paprika.
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The blanched nape of a neck, spiders of hair breaking free of the bun , twirling on the surface.
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This species looks rather like a bun , but not highly convex, and with a five-sided outline.
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While the buns were cooking members were divided into teams.