noun
dough
DOH/dəʊ/
A thick mixture of flour and liquid used for baking.
Soft dough stretches into a sticky fold inside the mixing bowl.
Etymology
Old English dag already meant 'dough'; its supplied ancestry associates it with something kneaded, connecting the word with working moistened flour into a mass.
In context
And one cup of warm water, 85 to 90 or so degrees. Scale is done. We're going to work this mixture together with a spatula until it's a nice shaggy dough.
More examples
- She rolls the dough into a thin pizza crust.
- Chill the cookie dough before shaping it into balls.
- Bread doughs vary in how much water they need.
Forms
dough · doughs
doughy adjective — Soft and thick like unbaked dough.
Similar words
- batter
- Usually thinner than dough and poured rather than kneaded.
- pastry
- Often means fat-rich dough used for crusts or baked shells.