noun
Meaning 1
A small deep-fried pastry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
A small deep-fried pastry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cake
Narrower terms: doughboy, doughnut, donut, sinker, cruller, twister, French fritter, beignet, fritter
History
From fried + cake.