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doughnut
noun dough·nut \-(ˌ)nət\
: a piece of sweet fried dough that is often shaped like a ring
: something that has a round shape like a doughnut
Full Definition of DOUGHNUT
1
: a small usually ring-shaped cake fried in fat
2
: something (as a mathematical torus) that resembles a doughnut especially in shape
— dough·nut·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
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Variants of DOUGHNUT
dough·nut also do·nut \-(ˌ)nət\
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First Known Use of DOUGHNUT
circa 1809
Rhymes with DOUGHNUT
abut, all but, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, cockshut, crew cut, crosscut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, peanut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, shortcut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut
DOUGHNUT Defined for Kids
doughnut
noun dough·nut \ˈdō-ˌnət\
Definition of DOUGHNUT for Kids
: a small ring of sweet dough fried in fat
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