Doughnut hole

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe empty space in the center of a donut.

2.nounA 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!"

3.noun(welfare) An income bracket where one is without benefits, even though benefits are available in the next lower and next higher brackets.

4.nounA section of water for which no one has fishing rights that is completely surrounded by regions where various parties hold fishing rights.

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