Beignet

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  • noun. A square doughnut with no hole.
  • noun. A fritter.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fritter composed of various ingredients.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling)
  • noun. A Louisiana style fried donut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
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  • noun. a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
    • Word Usage
    "Well, a little powdered sugar on some fried dough, you've got what they call a beignet in New Orleans."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    friedcake  
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