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DOHN-ut/ˈdəʊnʌt/

A doughnut is a small round sweet cake, often with a hole in the middle — British spelling. American English often writes donut. A jam doughnut is full in the middle with no hole. Countable: a doughnut, doughnuts. A biscuit is thinner and drier; a cake is usually larger.

Meaning

A small round sweet cake, often with a hole in the middle (British spelling).

Examples

• “She bought a jam doughnut.”
• “Would you like a chocolate doughnut?”
• “He ate two doughnuts after lunch.”

Good to know

British doughnut (not donut). Types: ring / jam doughnut. Contrast: biscuit, cake.

Near in meaning

donut

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