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do⋅nut

  [doh-nuht, -nuht]
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–noun
doughnut.

dough⋅nut

  [doh-nuht, -nuht]
–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.
Also, donut.

Origin:
1795–1805; dough + nut
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do·nut   (dō'nŭt', -nət)   
n.  Variant of doughnut.
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. Also called regionally olicook.
  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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