Word forms: plural doughnutsregional note: in AM, also use donut
countable noun
A doughnut is a bread-like cake made from sweet dough that has been cooked in hot fat.
doughnut in British English
or especially US donut (ˈdəʊnʌt)
noun
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
verbWord forms: -nuts, -nutting or -nutted
3. (transitive) 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
doughnut in American English
(ˈdoʊˌnʌt)
noun
a small, usually ring-shaped cake of sweetened, leavened dough, fried in deep fat