donut
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- noun
- /ˈdoʊnʌt/
- US
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dona
- At the bakery, he chose a jelly-filled donut from the display.
- buy donuts
- make donuts
- fry donuts
And then Caleb's got pancake, doughnuts, pastry, the works.
- And then Caleb's got pancake, doughnuts, pastry, the works.
- If you like food scents, it's a little like fruity doughnut, but warm.
- Mine would be honestly like a classic Dunkin' Donuts vanilla sprinkle donut.
- You want to have a doughnut coffee or something?
Examples
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Hamburger, French fries, coffee and donuts.
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Two regular, two chocolate donuts.
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It's National Donut Day somewhere.
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Did I just have the last donut?'
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Bring me home a donut?
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Now that is cleared up, who would like a donut?
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The script girl approaches, carrying a donut in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
Fiction book (1995) -
We see a cop come out with donuts and coffee for himself and his partner.
Fiction book (1993) -
I searched through rows of fresh bread, donuts, and bins of rolls.
Fiction book (1992) -
I feel like Homer Simpson drooling over donuts, which I just happen to love too!
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
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A small round fried cake with a hole in the middle, like a doughnut
A small sweet cake fried in hot oil like a donut
Compounds
- Slang
A joking name for a group watching something unimportant, often police on quiet shifts
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Morphology
Etymology
Donut comes from the words dough ('uncooked bread') and nut ('small round thing') because early cooks made small round fried cakes that looked like little nuts. The short spelling donut became common in the United States, and that is why the word now means the sweet, fried ring or filled cake.