dough

[doh]

noun

1. flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.

2. any similar soft, pasty mass.

3. Slang.,  money.

dough

/ dəʊ /

noun

1. a thick mixture of flour or meal and water or milk, used for making bread, pastry, etc

2. any similar pasty mass

3. a slang word for money

Other Word Forms

• doughlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dough¹

before 1000; Middle English do ( u ) gh, do ( u ) h, dou ( e ), Old English dāg, dāh; cognate with Dutch deeg, Old Norse deig, Gothic daigs, German Teig

Word History and Origins

Origin of dough¹

Old English dāg; related to Old Norse deig, Gothic daigs, Old High German teig dough, Sanskrit degdhi he daubs; see _dairy , _duff ¹ , _lady

Example Sentences

His dough winds up with chest hair in it, while hers has extra cat hair, she joked.

From BBC

The stuffed dough is then pre-cut into wedges that puff up and become flaky, buttery pastries once they’re finished baking in the over.

From Salon

“You know, just like rolling out an album, rolling out the doughnut, rolling out that dough.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I've learned to make meals from scratch - curries, pies, my own pizza dough."

From BBC

From Lucy’s outward appearance and a quick peek inside Adore’s startup-chic offices, which look as though they’ve been furnished from the expensive side of Wayfair, one would think Lucy is rolling in dough.

From Salon

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