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What is another word for doughnuts?

Pronunciation: [dˈə͡ʊnʌts] (IPA)

Doughnuts, also known as donuts, are a sweet and delicious treat enjoyed by people all over the world. You may be surprised to learn how many other words there are to describe this dessert. Some people call them fried cakes, while others refer to them as crullers or funnel cakes. In some countries, like Germany, they are known as Berliners or Pfannkuchen. Alternatively, if you like your doughnuts with a hole in the center, they can be called ring doughnuts or simply rings. With so many options, it's clear that this beloved dessert is known and loved by many names.
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What are the hypernyms for Doughnuts?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Doughnuts

If she was out with Mr. and Mrs. Chester for a good time, it was dollars to doughnuts that a fourth member of the party was that chap Pratt.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
To be specific, Kazem was seated before the senator drinking coffee and eating doughnuts when he ironically spoke of how he missed the scents of flowers his mother would bring into the home or the smell of a freshly cleaned floor.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
Even more, it was a partition between feeling hungry and dirty to the immaculate ones consuming their doughnuts within.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills

Famous quotes with Doughnuts

  • Rockliffe Fellowes gives a likable performance of the secondary crook’s rôle, and there are some decidedly agreeable-looking doughnuts consumed in the first act. And that is about all one can say for .
    Dorothy Parker
  • What is patriotism but love of the good things we ate in our childhood? I have said elsewhere that the loyalty to Uncle Sam is the loyalty to doughnuts and ham and sweet potatoes and the loyalty to the German is the loyalty to and Christmas . As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini... in food, as in death, we feel the essential brotherhood of mankind.
    Lin Yutang
  • We've talked about coffee enemas and they're perfectly fine, except the doughnuts get stuck in the hose. And that just ruins everything.
    April Winchell

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