"donut hole" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-donut hole.ogg [Australia] Forms: donut holes [plural], doughnut hole [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} donut hole (plural donut holes)
  1. The empty space in the center of a donut.
    Sense id: en-donut_hole-en-noun-B19GcE2t
  2. (US, Canada) A small, ball-shaped pastry, made in the same manner as a donut, roughly the size of the hole in a donut. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: munchkin, timbit
    Sense id: en-donut_hole-en-noun-wcZFPMEE Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  3. (US, slang, insurance, 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. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-donut_hole-en-noun-73eq6I7F Categories (other): American English, Insurance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 24 45 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 24 60 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 20 50 12 1 Topics: business, insurance
  4. (informal, fishing) 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. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-donut_hole-en-noun-jddUdS2l Categories (other): Fishing Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
  5. (slang) The anus. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-donut_hole-en-noun-TO8onq6H

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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