🇬🇧 Doughnut meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A doughnut is a sweet, soft cake that is cooked by frying it in hot oil instead of baking it in an oven. It is usually shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle, or like a round ball that can be filled with tasty things like jam or cream. Doughnuts are often covered with sugar, chocolate, or colorful sprinkles and are usually eaten as a snack or treat, not as a healthy everyday food.

I told my doughnut I loved it, and it disappeared—turns out I eat all my true loves.

Mom said, “You are what you eat,” and I thought, “Cool, I’m a doughnut—round, sweet, and slightly confused.”

I told my alarm clock I’d wake up early for exercise, but it only sees me run for the last doughnut.

My drawing of a doughnut looked so real that I tried to eat it; now I know paper is not a recommended flavor.

I tried to share my doughnut with my brother, but my mouth accidentally shared it with itself instead.

On the platform, a man opens a warm box and lifts a sugared doughnut, its round edge and hole glinting. He shows the doughnut to a child, then hands a plain doughnut to a tired woman. She smiles and takes a bite; icing dusts her lip. A boy hides a chocolate doughnut, then eats the final doughnut, sticky and joyful.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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