покры́шка — meaning in English

English meaning

• doughnut noun A small, sweet, deep-fried piece of dough, usually ring-shaped or filled with jam or cream.
• tyre noun British spelling: the rubber ring fitted around a wheel that grips the road.

Senses

покры́шка is used for these senses in English:

• doughnut A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
• doughnut (Australia, North America) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
• operculum (zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.

doughnut — full definition

1. noun A small, sweet, deep-fried piece of dough, usually ring-shaped or filled with jam or cream.
2. noun Anything shaped like a ring or torus, such as a spare tyre or a skid mark made by spinning a car in a circle.

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