hotdog bun

A form of hot dog bun — A type of bun shaped specifically to contain a hot dog sausage.

Similar
frankfurter bun

Meanings

nounhotdog bun (plural hotdog buns)

plural hotdog buns

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hot dog bun.

    The lobster roll (market price) packed hunks of lobster into a hotdog bun with lettuce.

    2013 July 26, Ling-Mei Wong, “What to eat in Cape Cod: Skipper Restaurant”, in Sampan, Boston, Mass.: Asian American Civic Association, page 8, column 3
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    Mama’s Fried Chicken […] serves good fried birds, but better yet is their crawfish étouffée, served by the bowl, or ladled into a hotdog bun and dubbed a ‘crawdog.’

    2003 February, Tom Downs, John T Edge, “Cajun Country”, in “Excursions”, in New Orleans, 3rd edition, Melbourne, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 178, column 2

    I dress him for the occasion; however, it is like putting a cocktail wiener into a hotdog bun.

    2006 May, Latisha Bridges, chapter 3, in When a Woman’s Fed Up, Morrow, Ga.: BlueRaine Entertainment, →ISBN, page 64

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter

Similar
frankfurter bun
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hotdog bun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotdog%20bun.

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