doughnut

Other spellings

• donut

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈdəʊˌnʌt/ or /ˈdəʊ.nət/
• (US) (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ˈdoʊˌnʌt/ or /ˈdoʊ.nət/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: dough‧nut

Noun

Singular doughnut

Plural doughnuts

1. (countable) A doughnut is a piece of sweet fried dough that is often shaped like a ring.