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SWEET ROLL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze
Synonyms:
coffee roll; sweet roll
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("sweet roll" is a kind of...):
bun; roll (small rounded bread either plain or sweet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet roll"):
cross bun; hot cross bun (moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze)
bear claw; bear paw (almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw)
cinnamon bun; cinnamon roll; cinnamon snail (rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking)
caramel bun; honey bun; schnecken; sticky bun (rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom)
pinwheel roll (pinwheel-shaped rolls spread with cinnamon and sugar and filled with e.g. jam before baking)
danish; danish pastry (light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese)
