cinnamon
noun /ˈsɪnəmən/
/ˈsɪnəmən/
[uncountable]- the inner bark of a south-east Asian tree, used in cooking as a spice, especially in sweet foods
enlarge image- cinnamon sticks
- ground cinnamon
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCinnamon is used before these nouns:- bun
- roll
- sugar
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cinnamome (from Greek kinnamōmon), and Latin cinnamon (from Greek kinnamon), both from a Semitic language and perhaps based on Malay.
