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Plural of bun

regular plural

The plural of bun is buns.

Forms of bun

Singularbun /bʌn/
Pluralbuns /bʌnz/
Countablecountable

Plural of bun by meaning

  1. a small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.: buns
  2. a Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.: buns or bun

Buns in a sentence

  • The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154
  • nice buns; tight buns
  • She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.From the entry stuff
  • Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.From the entry hot dog
  • Hot cross buns contain chopped candied fruit.From the entry candied

Meaning of bun

  1. noun A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
  2. noun A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
  3. noun Any bread roll.

Full definition of bun

Questions about the plural of bun

What is the plural of bun?
The plural of bun is buns.
Is bun countable?
Bun is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bun (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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