Dough
[dəʊ] or [do]
Definition
(n.) Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.
(n.) Anything of the consistency of such paste.
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Definition
n. a mass of flour or meal moistened and kneaded but not baked.—adjs. Dough′-baked half-baked defective in intelligence; Dough′faced (U.S.) pliable truckling.—n. Dough′iness.—adj. Dough′-knead′ed (Milt.) soft.—n. Dough′-nut sweetened dough fried in fat.—adj. Dough′y like dough: soft.
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Examples
- Not only this, but on the table I found a small ball of black dough or clay, with specks of something which looks like sawdust in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The tiny yeast plants multiply and continue to make alcohol and gas, and in consequence, the dough becomes lighter and lighter. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Grape juice mixed with millet ferments quickly and strongly, and the Romans learned to use this mixture for bread raising, kneading a very small amount of it through the dough. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This machine, see Fig. 168, receives the dough at A, where it is coated with flour and flattened into a sheet between rolls. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The problem is to separate the mass of dough or, in other words, to cause it to rise and lighten. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The raising of dough by means of baking soda--bicarbonate of soda--is a very simple process. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mix the flour and whiting thoroughly, and add enough water to bring it to the consistency of ordinary dough. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- After making a stroke knead the dirt into the dough, and continue doing so until it is useless. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The rubber is much like tough, heavy dough--there is not much stretch to it and in a cold place it would become hard and brittle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As soon as the wax had softened to the plasticity of dough she kneaded the pieces together. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Upon this the tiny yeast plants in the dough feed, and, as in the case of the wines, ferment the sugar, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If dough is left standing in a warm place a number of hours, it swells up with gas and becomes porous, and when baked, is less compact and hard than the savage bread. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Meanwhile, the dough itself is influenced by the heat and is stiffened to such an extent that it retains its inflated shape and spongy nature. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The dough is thick and sticky and the gas bubbles expand it into a spongy mass. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Meanwhile, the dough has become stiff enough to support itself. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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