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doughnut

[doh-nuht, -nuht] / ˈdoʊ nət, -ˌnʌt /
NOUN
sweet ring-shaped fried cake
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"I didn't really know what a cake or a doughnut or a brownie was until I started having after-school parties in California," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

These plasma clumps are carried along by the star's magnetic field, forming a doughnut shaped structure called a torus.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

A "chocolate doughnut Easter egg" triggers curiosity - a shell blended with shortbread and fudge pieces, topped with sprinkles.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

He’d developed a fondness for L.A.’s many doughnut shops, so I brought a box from Sidecar back to his hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

They found just what they needed behind the doughnut shop and the furniture store in the next block, and brought them back to Egypt.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder