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doughnut

Main Entry:: dough·nut
Variant(s):: also do·nut \-(ˌ)nət\
Function:: noun
Date:: circa 1809

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

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