bun

Other forms of bun

plural

buns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bun

What does bun mean?

bun means "small rounded bread either plain or sweet".

How many syllables are in bun?

bun has 1 syllable: bun. In IPA it is /ˈbʌn/.

What is another word for bun?

Close synonyms include roll. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bun a common word?

bun is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.