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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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 Toast buns until lightly golden and spread mayonnaise or Greek yogurt on both sides. —Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026 The company’s first kitchens had been built with a specially licensed cooking system referred to later as the Insta-broiler that moved beef patties around an electric heating unit and dropped them through chutes to soak in sauce, then be put in buns and wrapped. —Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The bun is always fresh and perfectly soft. —Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bun
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Noun
Her hairstyle also featured an updo bun. —Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 Toast buns until lightly golden and spread mayonnaise or Greek yogurt on both sides. —Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026 The company’s first kitchens had been built with a specially licensed cooking system referred to later as the Insta-broiler that moved beef patties around an electric heating unit and dropped them through chutes to soak in sauce, then be put in buns and wrapped. —Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The bun is always fresh and perfectly soft. —Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bun
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“Bun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/bun. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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BUN
noun
: the concentration of nitrogen in the form of urea in the blood
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