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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dough·nut / ˈdōˌnət/ (also do·nut) • n. a small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring. ∎ a ring-shaped object, in particular a vacuum chamber in some types of particle accelerator.

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