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chocolate-covered doughnut

chocolate-covered doughnut

1.1
A doughnut with a layer of chocolate on top
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɔkəˌlɛtˌkʌvərd ˈdoʊnʌt/
translation icon : donut cubierto de chocolate
  • She enjoyed a chocolate-covered doughnut with her coffee in the morning.

Examples

  • Can I get two chocolate covered donuts and a medium coffee?

    Red Rocket (2021)

  • I ate that whole pack of chocolate-covered donuts.

    Blog text (21)

  • For dessert, he savored a warm chocolate-covered doughnut topped with sprinkles.

  • The bakery sells delicious chocolate-covered doughnuts that are always fresh.

Synonyms

donut
vschocolate-covered doughnut
  • US
134 1.0

A small sweet fried cake usually shaped like a ring or filled

is a specific version that is topped with a sweet brown coating

Surface Forms

chocolate-covered doughnut singular
chocolate-covered doughnuts plural

Morphology

chocolate-covered + donut

The meaning is fully compositional: 'chocolate-covered' denotes coated with chocolate and 'doughnut' denotes the fried sweet cake, so a learner who knows those words can easily infer a doughnut coated in chocolate. This adjective+noun construction is a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern and requires no idiomatic knowledge.

Etymology

The name chocolate-covered doughnut gives a clear picture: a doughnut covered with a layer of chocolate. So, it means 'a doughnut that is coated with chocolate'.