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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Doughnut

/dōn'-ŭtˌ/ · Dough·nut · IPA /ˈdoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/
01 n. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.
  1. 1.
    A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.