First Known Use: before 12th century
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dough
noun \ˈdō\
: a mixture of flour, water, and other ingredients that is baked to make bread, cookies, etc.
Full Definition of DOUGH
1
: a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll
2
: something resembling dough especially in consistency
3
: money
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Origin of DOUGH
Middle English dogh, from Old English dāg; akin to Old High German teic dough, Latin fingere to shape, Greek teichos wall
Related to DOUGH
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, money, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
Rhymes with DOUGH
beau, blow, bow, bro, Chou, crow, do, doe, floe, flow, foe, fro, froe, glow, go, grow, ho, hoe, jo, Jo, joe, know, lo, low, mho, mot, mow, no, No, O, oh, owe, Poe, pow, pro, rho, roe, row, Rowe, schmo, sew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, sow, stow, Stowe, strow, though, throe, throw, toe, tow, trow, whoa, woe, yo
DOUGH Defined for Kids
dough
noun \ˈdō\
Definition of DOUGH for Kids
1
: a thick mixture usually mainly of flour and liquid that is baked <bread dough>
2
: money 1
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