hot cross bun
hot cross bun noun: a bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross marked on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Christian countries.
Noun
hot cross bun (plural hot cross buns)
- A bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross marked on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Christian countries.
- The Australian has deemed proper to insert in its colums, however exquisite and multiplied the pun may be thought. We allude to that very conspicuous satire upon that new but most indefatigable Magistrate, Captain George Bunn. "Hot cross Buns" — "Hot cross Buns" — We do not see the wit Sir?1827 July 3, The Monitor, Sydney, page 5, column 3
hot cross bun meaning in Tamil
hot cross bun in Tamil
- பழப்பொதி மெதுவப்பம்
Forms of hot cross bun
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Words that rhyme with hot cross bun
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- rerun
- stun
- nun
- shun
- 'un
- Gunn
- jump the gun
- none
- outrun
- overdone
- begun
- dun
- fun
- hon
- pun
- speedrun
- thon
- undone
- unspun
- verdun
- winter sun
- 1
- 101
- 26+6=1
- cun
- dun dun dun
- everyone
- hard-won
- have one's mind about one
- marble run
- misdone
- mun
- Munn
- old one
- one hundred and one
- one thousand and one
- organ gun
- outdone
- outgun
- over and done
- quaker gun
- redone
- respun
- rewon
- snatch and run
- spun
- steam gun
- temperature gun
Questions about hot cross bun
- What does hot cross bun mean?
- Hot cross bun means a bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross marked on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Christian countries.
- What is hot cross bun in Tamil?
- Hot cross bun in Tamil is பழப்பொதி மெதுவப்பம். See Hot cross bun meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hot cross bun?
- Hot cross bun is a noun.
- What is the plural of hot cross bun?
- The plural of hot cross bun is hot cross buns.
Words near hot cross bun in the dictionary
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