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sourdough

[ souuhr-doh, sou-er- ]

noun

  1. fermented dough retained from one baking and used as leaven, rather than fresh yeast, to start the next.
  2. bread leavened with this fermented dough:

    Pick up a loaf of sourdough and a baguette, too.

  3. a prospector or pioneer, especially in Alaska or Canada.
  4. any longtime resident, especially in Alaska or Canada.


adjective

  1. leavened with sourdough:

    sourdough bread.

sourdough

/ ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    (of bread) made with fermented dough used as a leaven
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. (in Western US, Canada, and Alaska) an old-time prospector or pioneer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sourdough1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English: literally, “leaven, leavened bread” ; sour, dough
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Example Sentences

I continue to develop my skills as a fairly new sourdough baker, and one of those is how to find success in winter.

We’re forgetting how to socialize, staving off boredom with gardening and tie-dye, and forming deep emotional bonds with jars of sourdough starter.

From Quartz

The dough is made from sourdough and a wild yeast starter, and the pies are, of course, square.

From Eater

Here’s a sourdough pizza dough that waits on you — and not vice versaOnion Mushroom Tarte Tatin.

You might not have completed your 30-day plank challenge or perfected your sourdough bread.

They are vinous, herbaceous, and reminiscent of sourdough yeast starter.

Choosing one wine to go with candied yams and sourdough stuffing is challenging.

The real old time veteran and sourdough is a model of neatness and order.

He had only one arm and one leg, the other members having been lost when his sourdough barrel blew up.

Having breakfasted heartily on sourdough flapjacks, warmed-over baked beans and coffee, they were ready for anything.

Takes its rise in the Sourdough Mountains and flows northward across the boundary of the Park.

A ridge jutting northwestward from Sourdough Mountains, in the northeastern part of the Park.

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