donut

[ doh-nuh t, -nuht ]

/ ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt /

noun

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Words nearby donut

donovan, donovan body, donovanosis, donsie, donus, donut, donzel, doo, doo-doo, doo-wop, doob

Definition for donut (2 of 2)

doughnut

or do·nut

[ doh-nuh t, -nuht ]

/ ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt /

noun

a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.

anything shaped like a thick ring; an annular object; toroid.

Origin of doughnut

First recorded in 1795–1805; dough + nut

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Example sentences from the Web for donut

So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.
Joe Biden: ‘I’ll Kill Your Son’|Olivia Nuzzi|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For better or worse, jazz is turning into the music you hear when you drink coffee and munch on a donut or bagel.
Jazz (The Music of Coffee and Donuts) Has Respect, But It Needs Love|Ted Gioia|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You're not keeping people from buying that donut; you're just making sure they know its calorie "cost".
Bloomberg to Cigarette Vendors: Out of Sight, Out of Mind|Megan McArdle|March 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Can I take refuge in the thought that the mash-up of French and American pastry idioms gives this donut some postmodern cred?
Mona Lisa of the Coffee Shop|Blake Gopnik|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But how much do you really have to move in order to burn off the calories in that donut, steak burrito—or even a single apple?
21 Shocking Calorie Equations|The Daily Beast|July 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for donut (1 of 2)

donut

/ (ˈdəʊnʌt) /

noun

a variant spelling (esp US) of doughnut

British Dictionary definitions for donut (2 of 2)

doughnut

esp US donut

/ (ˈdəʊnʌt) /

noun

a small cake of sweetened dough, often ring-shaped or spherical with a jam or cream filling, cooked in hot fat

anything shaped like a ring, such as the reaction vessel of a thermonuclear reactor

verb -nuts, -nutting or -nutted

(tr) informal (of Members of Parliament) to surround (a speaker) during the televising of Parliament to give the impression that the chamber is crowded or the speaker is well supported

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