1
: a sweet or plain small bread
especially
: a round roll
2
: a knot of hair shaped like a bun
3
Examples of bun in a Sentence
Noun (1)
an exercise to firm your buns
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Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
In the next town over, White Stone’s Chesapeake Doughnut Co. also serves Blanchard’s coffee, along with classic and creative doughnut flavors and tasty sandwiches on homemade biscuits or buns made from doughnut dough.
—Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
The actress paired the dress with a diamond bracelet and a pair of diamond earrings, choosing to style her hair in a slick back bun.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Then, once she’s seated, everyone in the courtroom sharply inhales: the robe of one of the French lawyers standing behind Kardashian has latched onto her perfect bun, yanking Kardashian’s head backward, and there’s a struggle to remove it.
—M. J. Corey, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Noun
This award-winning Japanese fish, known for its delicate, buttery flavor, is enveloped in a toasted brioche bun with shrimp pâté and fragrant lemongrass.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
In the next town over, White Stone’s Chesapeake Doughnut Co. also serves Blanchard’s coffee, along with classic and creative doughnut flavors and tasty sandwiches on homemade biscuits or buns made from doughnut dough.
—Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
The actress paired the dress with a diamond bracelet and a pair of diamond earrings, choosing to style her hair in a slick back bun.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Then, once she’s seated, everyone in the courtroom sharply inhales: the robe of one of the French lawyers standing behind Kardashian has latched onto her perfect bun, yanking Kardashian’s head backward, and there’s a struggle to remove it.
—M. J. Corey, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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“Bun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bun. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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BUN
noun
: the concentration of nitrogen in the form of urea in the blood
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