Doughnut
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdəʊnʌt/
- Hyphenation: dough + nut
Alternative forms
- donut North America
Origin
Wordorigins.org|3= Sunday, June 11, 2006
Originally small, nut-sized balls of fried dough, with the toroidal shape becoming common in the twentieth century. First attested in Knickerbocker’s History of New York, by Washington Irving, 1809.
Noun
doughnut
(plural doughnuts)- A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.
- Anything in the shape of a torus.
- (North America) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
- A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.