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donut holes

donut holes is the plural of donut hole.

Meaning of donut hole

Noun

donut hole (plural donut holes)

  1. The empty space in the center of a donut.
  2. (Canada, US) A small, ball-shaped pastry, made in the same manner as a donut, roughly the size of the hole in a donut.
    • These donut holes are delicious!
    Synonyms:
    munchkin, timbit
  3. (US, slang, welfare) 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.
    • 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.2012, Nick Tate, ObamaCare Survival Guide: The Affordable Care Act and What It Means for You and Your Healthcare, page 138
  4. (informal) 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.
  5. (slang) The anus.

Questions about donut holes

What is donut holes the plural of?
Donut holes is the plural of donut hole.

Words near donut holes in the dictionary

  1. donut cake
  2. donut cakes
  3. donut cities
  4. donut city
  5. donut hole
  6. donut holes
  7. donut patrol
  8. donut peach
  9. donut peaches
  10. donut spare
  11. donut spares

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