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

General Mills last year cut prices across roughly two-thirds of its North America grocery products, including goods like Pillsbury refrigerated dough, fruit snacks and Progresso soup.

From The Wall Street Journal

I take a bite, and it’s the softest dough I’ve ever tasted.

From Literature

There were dark streets, stalled robotaxis, even discarded dough from local bakeries bursting from trash bins.

From The Wall Street Journal

Soon after that, I mixed up brownie batter and cookie dough.

From Salon

Papa Johns is testing protein-infused dough, and Subway is selling what it calls “protein pockets”—tortillas with meat and veggies.

From The Wall Street Journal

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