'hot cross bun' definitions:
Definition of 'hot cross bun'
From: WordNet
noun
Moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze [syn: cross bun, hot cross bun]
Definition of 'hot cross bun'
From: GCIDE
- hot cross bun \hot" cross bun`\ (-b[u^]n`), n. A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday; called also cross bun. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'hot cross bun'
From: GCIDE
- Cross-bun \Cross"-bun`\ (-b[u^]n`), n. A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday; also, called {hot cross bun}, even when not hot. [1913 Webster +PJC]