DONUT
What does "DONUT" mean?
A small ring-shaped cake of sweet fried dough.
Meanings
- A ring or ball of sweetened dough that is deep-fried, often glazed or filled. A respelling of 'doughnut'. He grabbed a glazed donut on the way to the office. informal
- Anything shaped like a torus or ring. The spare tire was a small donut meant only for short trips. figurative
Did you know?
- The doughnut's famous hole is often credited to a 16-year-old American ship captain, Hanson Gregory, who in 1847 reputedly punched out the raw, greasy center so the cake would cook through evenly.
Word origin
A 20th-century American respelling of 'doughnut', itself from 'dough' plus 'nut' - early versions were small nut-sized balls of fried dough before the ring shape became standard.
Remember it
DONUT = DO-NUT: the 'nut' was the original small fried ball, before the hole made it a ring.
A little poem
Sweet ring of warm dough-
the part they took away is
the part you can't eat.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is a donut the most honest pastry? Its best feature is the hole truth - and nothing but.
What it teaches
What's missing can define a thing as much as what's there - a donut is famous for its hole.
Quick facts
What does DONUT mean?
A small ring-shaped cake of sweet fried dough.
Is DONUT a valid word?
Yes — DONUT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DONUT?
DONUT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DONUT come from?
A 20th-century American respelling of 'doughnut', itself from 'dough' plus 'nut' - early versions were small nut-sized balls of fried dough before the ring shape became standard.
What can DONUT teach us?
What's missing can define a thing as much as what's there - a donut is famous for its hole.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.