doughnut
/ˈdəʊnʌt/noun
उच्चारण डोनट
डोनट
Basic word
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a small cake made of fried dough, usually in the shape of a ring, or round and filled with jam
डोनट
- a chocolate doughnut
- He bought a box of doughnuts for the office.
- The doughnut was filled with sweet jam.
+ 1 more example
- Radhika shared a sugary doughnut with her cousin.
Synonyms donut pastry
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a doughnut / doughnuts (countable)
Each cake is a doughnut, so it takes a or a number and has a plural with s. The American spelling donut is also common.
हर केक एक doughnut है, इसलिए इसके साथ a या संख्या आती है और बहुवचन s से बनता है। अमेरिकी वर्तनी donut भी आम है।
- She bought a doughnut from the bakery.
- He ate three doughnuts at the party.
doughnut-shaped / doughnut shape
Used for anything shaped like a ring with a hole in the middle.
बीच में छेद वाली अँगूठी जैसी किसी भी चीज़ के लिए प्रयुक्त।
- The track is doughnut-shaped.
- The cloud formed a doughnut shape.
doughnut + filled with / covered in
Say what is inside or on top using filled with and covered in.
अंदर या ऊपर क्या है, यह बताने के लिए filled with और covered in आता है।
- The doughnut was filled with strawberry jam and covered in sugar.
doughnut vs vada vs jalebi
A doughnut is sweet and baked or fried from dough; a vada is a savoury snack; a jalebi is soaked in syrup.
Doughnut मीठा होता है और आटे से तला या सेंका जाता है; vada नमकीन नाश्ता है; jalebi चाशनी में डूबी होती है।
- A medu vada also has a hole, but it is not sweet like a doughnut.
+Collocations 4
adjective + doughnut
sugaryglazedjamchocolatefreshwarm
- A warm glazed doughnut is very tempting.
verb + doughnut
eatfrybuydunkfilldust
- Children love to dunk a doughnut in hot chocolate.
doughnut + noun
shopholetyreboxmaker
- The doughnut shop opens at seven in the morning.
a box/dozen of doughnuts
a box ofa dozena plate ofa tray ofa packet of
- He brought a box of doughnuts for the staff.
“More examples 5
- Radhika shared a chocolate doughnut with her little brother.
राधिका ने अपने छोटे भाई के साथ एक chocolate doughnut बाँटकर खाया।
- The baker dusted the warm doughnuts with sugar.
बेकर ने गरम doughnuts पर चीनी छिड़क दी।
- A doughnut has a hole in the middle, so it cooks evenly.
Doughnut के बीच में छेद होता है, इसलिए वह बराबर पकता है।
- At the end of the exam, the students celebrated with doughnuts and tea.
परीक्षा समाप्त होने पर विद्यार्थियों ने doughnuts और चाय के साथ खुशी मनाई।
- The pilot said the storm cloud looked like a big grey doughnut.
पायलट ने कहा कि तूफ़ानी बादल एक बड़े धूसर doughnut जैसा दिख रहा था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I ate two doughnut for breakfast.
✓ I ate two doughnuts for breakfast.
A number above one needs a plural noun.
एक से अधिक संख्या के बाद noun बहुवचन में आता है।
✗ She bought a box of doughnuts and gave one to each of the children, who ate it quickly.
✓ She bought a box of doughnuts and gave one to each of the children, who ate them quickly.
The pronoun must be plural because the children ate several doughnuts.
Pronoun बहुवचन होना चाहिए क्योंकि बच्चों ने कई doughnuts खाए।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
donut pastry