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- [doh-nuh t, -nuht]
- /ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt/
- /ˈdəʊ.nʌt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [doh-nuh t, -nuht]
- /ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt/
Definitions of doughnut word
- noun doughnut a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball. 1
- noun doughnut anything shaped like a thick ring; an annular object; toroid. 1
- noun doughnut A small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring. 1
- countable noun doughnut A doughnut is a bread-like cake made from sweet dough that has been cooked in hot fat. 0
- noun doughnut a small cake of sweetened dough, often ring-shaped or spherical with a jam or cream filling, cooked in hot fat 0
- noun doughnut anything shaped like a ring, such as the reaction vessel of a thermonuclear reactor 0
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Origin of doughnut
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805; dough + nut
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Parts of speech for Doughnut
noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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doughnut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
doughnut usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for doughnut
noun doughnut
- bun — Buns are small bread rolls. They are sometimes sweet and may contain dried fruit or spices.
- pastry — a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- danish — Danish is the language spoken in Denmark.
- cruller — a light sweet ring-shaped cake, fried in deep fat
- sinker — a person or thing that sinks.
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