"bulochka" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bulochki [plural], bulochky [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian бу́лочка (búločka) and Ukrainian бу́лочка (búločka). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ru|бу́лочка}} Borrowed from Russian бу́лочка (búločka), {{bor|en|uk|бу́лочка}} Ukrainian бу́лочка (búločka) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|bulochki|bulochky}} bulochka (countable and uncountable, plural bulochki or bulochky)
  1. A soft, sweet bread roll, often filled with sweet or savory ingredients, popular in Russian and Eastern European cuisine and often enjoyed as snacks or desserts. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: bulka, bulkie
    Sense id: en-bulochka-en-noun-h04635b~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1971 June 7, “Meanwhile, can you survive in San Francisco?”, in Bruce B. Brugmann, editor, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, volume 5, number 3, San Francisco, Calif.: Bay Guardian Company, Inc., →ISSN, page 18:",
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          "ref": "1982, “Desserts”, in Lynn Visson, compiler, The Complete Russian Cookbook, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ardis Publishers, →ISBN, page 286:",
          "text": "CINNAMON BULOCHKI / Kaldor/Joffe / These are really sweet rolls rather than cakes",
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          "ref": "1991 October 19, “Write from the Heart”, in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Oh., page 12-D, column 7:",
          "text": "NATASHA, You Will Always Be My Little Bulochka V.",
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          "ref": "1996, Sue Lawrence, “[Scones] Rum, Raisin and Rye Scone Ring”, in On Baking, London: Kyle Cathie Limited, →ISBN, page 104:",
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          "text": "Breakfast pastries are a special treat — when they’re good, they’re very good. A few of my personal favorites: 1 SCONES AT CONCORD TEACAKES […] 5 BULOCHKA AT BAZAAR INTERNATIONAL This Brookline Russian gourmet market makes its own yeasted pastries, with three fillings: poppy seed, farmer’s cheese, and sour cherry.",
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          "text": "He [Timothy Post] has exchanged Red Sox Nation for the Black Earth region, Newbury Street for Ulitsa Krasnaya, bagels at Baker’s Best in Newton Highlands for bulochki in this southern Russian city that bestrides the country’s breadbasket.",
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