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dough

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dough  (d)
n.
1.
a. A soft, thick mixture of dry ingredients, such as flour or meal, and liquid, such as water, that is kneaded, shaped, and baked, especially as bread or pastry.
b. A pasty mass similar to this mixture.
2. Slang Money.

[Middle English dogh, from Old English dg; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

dough
Noun
1. a thick mixture of flour and water or milk, used for making bread, pastry, or biscuits
2. Slang money [Old English dāg]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.doughdough - a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
flour - fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
pastry, pastry dough - a dough of flour and water and shortening
bread dough - any of various doughs for bread
concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
2.doughdough - informal terms for money
money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
Translations
Spanish dough [dəu] nmasa, pasta;
(col) (= money); pasta, lana (LAM)

French dough [dəu] npâte f;
(inf) (= money); fric m, pognon m

German dough [dəu] nTeig m;
(inf) (money) → Kohle f, Knete f

Italian dough [dəu] npasta, impasto;
(col) (= money); grana

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They went straight to the dough which was set to rise in a pan before the fire.
When she took the paste out to bake it, she left smears of dough sticking to the sides of the measure, put the measure on the shelf behind the stove, and let this residue ferment.
His Gracious and Most Edible Majesty, King Dough the First, Ruler of the Two Kingdoms of Hiland and Loland.
 
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