2007-01-14 14:46:07 · 9 answers · asked by genius_poj 1 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
doughnut. Because it's made of dough and resembles a nut...as in a bolt and nut...
2007-01-14 14:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A donut is called a donut because it is made of dough.
2007-01-14 22:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by Marie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Coverage Gap in the senior prescription drug plans - so called because, "It's a hole in the middle of the coverage" as a hole stands in the middle of a donut.
2007-01-14 22:53:33 · answer #3 · answered by seblexie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same reason a hamburger is called a hamburger, and a chicken is called a chicken, potatoes called potatoes etc.
2007-01-14 23:40:46 · answer #4 · answered by okkiegal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's made of dough, and it was created by a nut who thought it was time to invent a new kind of irresistible fattening food.
2007-01-15 22:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.
2007-01-14 22:53:03 · answer #6 · answered by PhAtTy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone called donut invented it....
2007-01-14 22:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by Emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's dough that has a hole in it so it looks like a nut... the kind with threads.
2007-01-14 22:50:22 · answer #8 · answered by the Boss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do nut know..
2007-01-15 01:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋