Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

donut hole

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: donut -hole
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The empty space in the center of a donut.

noun

A small, ball-shaped pastry, made in the same manner as a donut, roughly the size of the hole in a donut.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

An income bracket in which an individual is ineligible for benefits, despite such benefits being available to those in both the immediately lower and higher income brackets.

American usage; Slang

noun

A body of water in which no entity holds fishing rights, entirely enclosed by adjacent regions where such rights are legally allocated to various parties.

Informal

noun

The anus.

Slang

Example Sentences

"These donut holes are delicious!"
"Very few younger Americans have probably ever heard of the “donut hole” in Medicare's prescription drug program, but if you're on Medicare and need expensive drugs it's likely you have."

Usage

Inflected Forms

donut holes (plural) doughnut hole (alternative)

Synonyms

munchkin timbit

Questions

What does donut hole mean?: The empty space in the center of a donut.

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