cross bun

1. 1.

   moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze

   Synonymshot cross bun

   Broadersweet roll

Questions about cross bun

What does cross bun mean?

cross bun means "moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze".

What is another word for cross bun?

Close synonyms include hot cross bun. 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 cross bun a common word?

cross bun is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.