sourdough

sour·dough  (sourd)

n.

1. Sour fermented dough used as leaven in making bread.

2. An early settler or prospector, especially in Alaska and northwest Canada.

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[Sense 2, from an association with using pieces of sourdough to leaven bread in the winter.]

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sourdough [ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ]

adj

(Cookery) Dialect (of bread) made with fermented dough used as a leaven

n

(Mining & Quarrying) (in Western US, Canada, and Alaska) an old-time prospector or pioneer

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sourdough - a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread leaven, leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
	2.	sourdough - a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) western United States, West - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River prospector - someone who explores an area for mineral deposits colonist, settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

Translations

sourdough

n → Sauerteig m