Beignet

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Southern Louisiana A square doughnut with no hole: "a New Orleans coffeehouse selling beignets, an insidious Louisianian cousin of the doughnut that exists to get powdered sugar on your face” ( Los Angeles Times).
  • n. Southern Louisiana A fritter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling)
  • n. A Louisiana style fried donut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fritter composed of various ingredients.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
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