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doughlike

  • a word derived from dough.
    dough
    noun
    flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.

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Makgeolli, also known as makkolli, is made from fermented rice and nuruk, a doughlike starter.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2022

For Cincinnati's Joseph McVicker, 34, the payoff idea was to turn doughlike wallpaper cleaner into a nonsticky modeling compound for children.

From Time Magazine Archive

My mom couldn’t afford to buy much food at the market, usually just a half pound of beans, a few ingredients to make gravy, and some cornstarch to make kaunga, a traditional doughlike dish.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

When boiling sulphur is poured into cold water it assumes a gummy, doughlike form, which is quite elastic.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

Its soft doughlike undulations, replete with microscopic life, illuminated the nights.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan