Definitions for donut

donut do·nut

Spelling: [doh-nuh t, -nuht]
IPA: /ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt/

Donut is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in donut (dnotu).

Definitions for donut

noun

  1. doughnut.
  2. 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.
  3. anything shaped like a thick ring; an annular object; toroid.

Origin of donut

First recorded in 1795-1805; dough + nut

Examples for donut

I spent part of each afternoon in a donut shop across the street from my building, studying without interruption.

Can I take refuge in the thought that the mash-up of French and American pastry idioms gives this donut some postmodern cred?

For better or worse, jazz is turning into the music you hear when you drink coffee and munch on a donut or bagel.

How about satisfying that sweet tooth with a slice of cake, a donut—even some fruit for dessert?

So I went home—we only lived about a quarter mile away—and I got on my bicycle and rode back, and he was in the donut shop.

In 2004, 68-year-old Robert Ligon began serving a 15-month federal prison sentence for donut lies.

But how much do you really have to move in order to burn off the calories in that donut, steak burrito—or even a single apple?

You're not keeping people from buying that donut; you're just making sure they know its calorie "cost".

Word Value for donut
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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