doughnutnoun [ C ]
US also donut uk/ˈdəʊ.nʌt/us/ˈdoʊ.nʌt/doughnut noun [ C ] (CAKE)
a small, circular cake, fried in hot fat, either with a hole in the middle or filled with jam:
a jam (US jelly) doughnut
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Cakes
- angel food cake
- angelica
- bake sale
- baked goods
- Bakewell tart
- devil's food cake
- donut
- dumpling
- fairy cake
- flapjack
- marzipan
- meringue
- monkey bread
- muffin
- panettone
- streusel
- Swiss roll
- teacake
- topping
- torte
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doughnut noun [ C ] (IN CAR)
informal an act of driving a car so that either the front or back of the car spins around, producing a circular mark on the ground:
They were showing off, trying to pull doughnuts.