Meaning & use
peanut butter danish
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Meaning
nouncountable
a sweet, flaky pastry filled or topped with peanut butter, often eaten for breakfast or as a snack.
Grammar: Countable: 'a danish', 'two danishes'.
Patterns
- a peanut butter danish
- eat a danish
- order a danish
I bought a peanut butter danish from the bakery on my way to work.
The café sells fresh peanut butter danishes every morning.
He warmed up a peanut butter danish and ate it with coffee.
Word forms
| plural | peanut butter danishes |
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Common combinations
- fresh peanut butter danish
- The bakery is known for its fresh peanut butter danish.
- a warm peanut butter danish
- A warm peanut butter danish tastes best with coffee.
- order a peanut butter danish
- She ordered a peanut butter danish and a latte.
Synonyms and how they differ
- peanut butter pastry
- A general term that could describe any pastry with peanut butter, not specifically a danish.
Word family
- danish noun
- a sweet flaky pastry, often with fruit or cheese
Commonly confused: peanut butter danish or Danish pastry?
peanut butter danish vs Danish pastry
'Danish pastry' is the general name for this type of pastry; 'peanut butter danish' specifies the filling.
Practice
At the bakery, she asked for a ___ danish and a cup of tea.
Choose one answer.
The compound noun uses the base form 'peanut butter' before 'danish'. The other options are grammatically incorrect or unnatural.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “peanut butter danish”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.