dough

Study(4)

UK /dəʊ/ US /doʊ/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

firm | soft | smooth | sticky | bread, pizza

QUANT

ball, lump, piece

VERB + DOUGH

make

knead, shape

After mixing the ingredients, I kneaded the dough until it became smooth and elastic.

roll out, turn out

After mixing the ingredients, she rolled out the dough to make fresh pizza.

DOUGH + VERB

rise

The bread dough rose for two hours before we shaped it into loaves.

Definitions

noun

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

Pizza dough is very stretchy.

Money.

His mortgage payments left him short on dough.

"I want to see four dollars before goin' any further on th' thrip. Have ye got th' dough?"

Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).

verb

To make into dough.

The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — informal terms for money

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

drive for show, putt for dough

Long drive shots may look impressive, but putting accuracy on the green is most important in order to win.

one's cake is dough

One's actions have failed to achieve any success or make any progress.

Example Bank

Pizza dough is very stretchy.

Wiktionary

His mortgage payments left him short on dough.

Wiktionary

"I want to see four dollars before goin' any further on th' thrip. Have ye got th' dough?"

Wiktionary

The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

Wiktionary

Yeast makes dough rise.

Tatoeba · #66758

Add water and mix to a firm dough.

Tatoeba · #270856

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dough is marked as slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars