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.

---

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

---

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

Set the dough on a sheet of parchment paper and cover with an additional sheet before shaping the crackers with a rolling pin.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

The chain recently shifted to making its signature biscuits in batches and chilling them, rather than rolling out the dough on demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The lightness quickly fell like my last batch of bread dough when I reached my house.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Related Words

• bread
• cabbage
• lettuce