dough

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
  2. informal terms for moneySynonyms: boodlebreadcabbageclamsdinerogeltkalelettucelollylucrelootmoolahpelfscratchshekelssimoleonssugarwampum
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dough \Dough\, n. [OE. dagh, dogh, dow, AS. d[=a]h; akin to D. deeg, G. teig, Icel. deig, Sw. deg, Dan. deig, Goth. daigs; also, to Goth. deigan to knead, L. fingere to form, shape, Skr. dih to smear; cf. Gr. ? wall, ? to touch, handle. ?. Cf. Feign, Figure, Dairy, Duff.]

1.Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough. [1913 Webster]

2.Anything of the consistency of such paste. [1913 Webster]

To have one's cake dough. See under Cake. [1913 Webster]

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