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dough·nut
also do·nut (dō′nŭt′, -nət)n.
1. A small ring-shaped cake made of rich, light dough that is fried in deep fat.
2. Something whose form is reminiscent of a ring-shaped cake.
3. A fast, tight 360° turn made in a motor vehicle or motorized boat.
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doughnut
(ˈdəʊnʌt) ordonut
n
1. (Cookery) a small cake of sweetened dough, often ring-shaped or spherical with a jam or cream filling, cooked in hot fat
2. (Nuclear Physics) anything shaped like a ring, such as the reaction vessel of a thermonuclear reactor
vb, -nuts, -nutting or -nutted
(Parliamentary Procedure) (tr) informal (of Members of Parliament) to surround (a speaker) during the televising of Parliament to give the impression that the chamber is crowded or the speaker is well supported
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dough•nut
or do•nut
(ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt)n.
1. a small, usu. ring-shaped cake of sweetened dough fried in deep fat.
2. any thick, ring-shaped object; toroid.
[1795–1805]
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doughnut
Past participle: doughnutted
Gerund: doughnutting
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| Noun | 1. |  doughnut - a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"fairy circle, fairy ring - a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium toroid - the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus |
| 2. |  doughnut - a small ring-shaped friedcake friedcake - small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat raised doughnut - a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder |
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Translations
دَوْناتفَطيرَه مَقْلِيَّه
kobliha
doughnut
donitsi
krafna
fánk
kleinuhringur
ドーナツ
도넛
krof
munk
ขนมโดนัท
donathalka lokmatatlı çörek
bánh rán
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dough
(dəu)1. noun a mass of flour moistened and kneaded but not baked.
2. (slang) money.
ˈdoughnut (-nat) , ((American) -nət) noun a ring-shaped cake, with a hole in the middle, fried in fat.
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doughnut
→ دَوْنات kobliha doughnut Doughnut ντόνατ donut, rosquilla donitsi beignet krafna ciambella ドーナツ 도넛 donut smultring pączek donut, rosquinha пончик munk ขนมโดนัท tatlı çörek bánh rán 炸面圈Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009