doughnut

dough·nut

noun \-(ˌ)nət\

Definition of DOUGHNUT

1

: a small usually ring-shaped cake fried in fat

2

: something (as a mathematical torus) that resembles a doughnut especially in shape

— dough·nut·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Variants of DOUGHNUT

dough·nut also do·nut \-(ˌ)nət\

Examples of DOUGHNUT

1. drawing doughnuts in the sand

First Known Use of DOUGHNUT

circa 1809

Rhymes with DOUGHNUT

abut, all but, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, cockshut, crew cut, crosscut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, peanut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, shortcut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut