donut

Synonyms:

doughnut, sinker

Types:

raised doughnut

a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder

Berlin doughnut, bismark, jelly doughnut

a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam

fastnacht

doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday

Type of:

friedcake

small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat