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doughnut

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[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.



doughnut

/ ˈəʊʌ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of doughnut1

First recorded in 1795–1805; dough + nut
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They have gluten-free doughnuts, like a weekly special, and they have a vegan doughnut that’s also usually gluten-free, so I’ll get both of those and take them to the beach.

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According to Casey Conway of the Orange County Rapid Response Network, immigration enforcement agents were also seen detaining people at a doughnut shop, a warehouse, restaurants, and gyms.

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Deporting care providers might make sense if there were a plan to make the jobs more attractive to homegrown replacements, but none of us would bet a day-old doughnut on that happening.

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Director John Dursee would remind me to brush the doughnut crumbs off my lapel and I stayed messy.

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The FDA has approved the use of calcium in ready-to-eat chicken products, white candy melts, doughnut sugar and coated candies.

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