From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcinnamoncin‧na‧mon /ˈsɪnəmən/ noun [uncountable] DFCa sweet-smelling brown substance used for giving a special taste to cakes and other sweet foods a cinnamon roll
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cinnamon• Add stock and cinnamon and reduce to about { / 3 CUp.• Meanwhile place apples, water, peel and soft brown sugar and cinnamon in a pan and simmer until tender.• Combine cumin, chili powder, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in large bowl.• It would be pretty bad if it had just cinnamon on it without the butter.• I remember growing up in Baltimore and enjoying a flat style cinnamon toothpick to chew on.• Then stir in the cinnamon, sugar, tomatoes, garlic and raisins.• Cover with the sugar mixed with the cinnamon.• There was brawn, a meat boiled with sugar and cloves, thickened with cinnamon and ginger and garnished with boar ribs.Origin cinnamon (1300-1400) Latin Greek kinnamon 