doughnut
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nət, -ˌnʌt
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doughnut or esp (US) donut (ˈdəʊnʌt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a small cake of sweetened dough, often ring-shaped or spherical with a jam or cream filling, cooked in hot fat |
| 2. | anything shaped like a ring, such as the reaction vessel of a thermonuclear reactor |
| —vb , -nuts, -nutting, -nutted | |
| 3. | informal (tr) (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 |
| donut or esp (US) donut | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
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Doughnut
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Word Origin & History
doughnut
1809, Amer.Eng., from dough + nut. First recorded by Washington Irving, who described them as "balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks."
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Example sentences
Instead, the new doughnut-shaped silicon detectors rely on measuring light frequency.
Axel begins feeding ingredients into the sausage-mixing machine's doughnut-shaped trough.
After a minute bobbing, he pulls them out, comparing them to doughnut holes.
There is no need for dark energy, gravity folds space into what could be imagined as a doughnut with a singularity at the center.
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