funnel cake en · NOUN
Etymology
From funnel + cake, since it is made by pouring batter through a funnel into hot oil.
Meanings
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(US, countable, uncountable) A specialty food made from deep-fried batter and originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States.
Tomas Montoya has sold festival foods—funnel cakes, burgers, hot dogs—across the American Southwest for years. But lately, business has been rough.
2026 April 16, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Elaine Godfrey, “Trump Voters Are Over It”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| funnel cakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
sv struva (specialty baked good) · fi tippaleipä (specialty baked good) · de Trichterkuchen (specialty baked good) · grc ἔγχυτος (specialty baked good) · ru муравейник (specialty baked good) · la encytum (specialty baked good) · pdt Trechtakuak (specialty baked good) · de Strauben (specialty baked good) · ga císte fuidrimh (specialty baked good) · sv funnel cake (specialty baked good) · pdc drechderkuche (specialty baked good) · it strauben (specialty baked good) · ru торт из воронки (specialty baked good) · ru хворост (specialty baked good)