Definitions for doughnut

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doughnut dough·nut

Spelling: [doh-nuh t, -nuht]

IPA: /ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt/

Doughnut is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in doughnut (dghnotuu).

Definitions for doughnut

noun

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

Origin of doughnut

First recorded in 1795-1805; dough + nut

Examples for doughnut

Kind of like takin' away the doughnut and leavin' nothin' but the hole.

"The fellow who wins gets the hole in the doughnut," returned Dave, gaily.

The other is a Jersey bruiser, with a (much-discussed) physique reminiscent of Tony Soprano after a doughnut bender.

Afterwards, in the green room, Lynch sits on a sofa and munches on a doughnut.

The Daily Pic: The crème brûlée "bismarck" from the doughnut Plant is a great aesthetic creation.

And I bet that girl never cooked a doughnut in her life or ever will.

Lauren Conrad has become synonymous with the doughnut bun, an obsession with pearls, peachy glossed lips, and a milky manicure.

“Pretty good thing,” says Lynch, biting into his doughnut, totally undisturbed.

"He'd charge for the hole in the doughnut," came from his twin, with a grin.

By and by I thought of my doughnut, and inquired who was hungry.