doughnut
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- donut (North America)
Etymology[edit]
From dough + nut, 1809[1] because originally small, nut-sized balls of fried dough, or, more likely, from nut in the earlier sense of "small rounded cake or cookie",[2] with the toroidal shape becoming common in the twentieth century. First attested in Knickerbocker’s History of New York, by Washington Irving, 1809.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊˌnʌt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊnət/, /ˈdoʊˌnʌt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: dough‧nut
Noun[edit]
doughnut (plural doughnuts)
- A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) shape, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.
- Anything in the shape of a torus.
- (Canada, US) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
- A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full-sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
deep-fried piece of dough or batter
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anything in the shape of a torus
tire
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “doughnut”, Wordorigins.org, Dave Wilton, Sunday, June 11, 2006.
- ^ doughnut in the American Heritage