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donut

[doh-nuht, -nuht]

noun

  1. a variant of doughnut.



donut

/ ˈdəʊnʌt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of doughnut

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In the past, presidential officials, staff and the occasional president brought her coffee and donuts.

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We saw one man returning from his house, an inflatable donut resting on his hip.

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The Bodega Special, a rich, fudgy, deeply chocolatey cosmic brownie with powdered sugar ice cream that looks like mini donuts is a chocolate lover’s delight.

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Despite complaints online saying the donuts are dry, my batch was anything but dry or stale.

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A few years ago, he says, his channel was "inundated" with comments from people in New York about this new craze - a cross between a croissant and a donut.

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Spelling tips for donut

The word donut is hard to spell because it is a simplified spelling of the earlier doughnutHow to spell donut: The easiest way to spell donut is to break it into two parts: do - nut. As in, do nut (not) eat the last donut!

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