dough

American  

[doh] / doʊ /

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.

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dough British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• doughlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of dough

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

Example Sentences

"It's where I can leave all my stress in the dough and just relax," she told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC

If that had happened, you could then have asked him for the dough without triggering a negative review on the site.

From MarketWatch

The maker of Cheerios cereal and Pillsbury dough on Wednesday posted a profit of $303.1 million, or 56 cents a share, for its quarter ended Feb. 22.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ll give her credit, though: She made up a can of dough balls for our bait.

From Literature

These enzymes become active as the dough grows more acidic during fermentation.

From Science Daily

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