danish bar

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A rectangular sweet pastry with fruit, cheese, or nuts baked on top or inside.

   Grammar: Countable: say a danish bar for one and danish bars for more than one.

   Patterns

   • a danish bar
   • eat a danish bar
   • a box of danish bars

   She bought a danish bar and a coffee on her way to work.

   The bakery sells danish bars filled with apple and cinnamon.

   He cut the danish bar in half so they could share it.

2. 2nouncountable

   A counter or small shop where such pastries and coffee are sold.

   Grammar: Countable and usually singular when it means a place; often used with at or from.

   Patterns

   • at the danish bar
   • stop by the danish bar

   We met at the danish bar near the station.

   The danish bar opens early for commuters.

Word forms

Common combinations

a warm danish bar

Nothing beats a warm danish bar on a cold morning.

an apple danish bar

The apple danish bar was gone by noon.

order a danish bar

I ordered a danish bar and an espresso.

a box of danish bars

He brought a box of danish bars to the office.

Synonyms and how they differ

pastry

A general word for any sweet baked item; a danish bar is one specific type.

danish

Shorter and more common in American English for the same pastry, though it may be round rather than bar-shaped.

croissant

A flaky pastry too, but made with a different dough and usually crescent-shaped.

Word family

Danish adjective

Relating to Denmark, its people, or its language.

Commonly confused: danish bar or Danish?

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