Doughnut

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  • noun. A small ring-shaped cake made of rich, light dough that is fried in deep fat.
  • noun. Something whose form is reminiscent of a ring-shaped cake.
  • noun. A fast, tight 360° turn made in a motor vehicle or motorized boat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small spongy cake made of dough (usually sweetened and spiced) and fried in lard.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.
  • noun. Anything in the shape of a torus.
  • noun. A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
  • noun. A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a toroidal shape
  • noun. a small ring-shaped friedcake
    • Word Usage
    "The word doughnut was coined in the United States in the 19th century to name what the Dutch called olykoeks, portions of fried sweetened dough."
    cross-reference
    bagel  doughnut day  koulouri  toroid  torus  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    donut  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Burger  bagel  burkha  burrito  candy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Swiss roll  ring  torus  
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