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Webster 1913 Edition


Doughnut

Dough′nut

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Noun.
A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

Definition 2024


doughnut

doughnut

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Noun

filled doughnuts

doughnut (plural doughnuts)

  1. A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.
  2. Anything in the shape of a torus.
  3. (Canada, US) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
  4. A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.

Synonyms

  • (anything in the shape of a torus): ring, torus

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References

  1. doughnut”, Wordorigins.org, Dave Wilton, Sunday, June 11, 2006.