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dough

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n.
    1. A soft, thick mixture of dry ingredients, such as flour or meal, and liquid, such as water, that is kneaded, shaped, and baked, especially as bread or pastry.
    2. A pasty mass similar to this mixture.
  1. Slang. Money.

[Middle English dogh, from Old English dāg.]


 
 

Mixture of flour and liquid (water or milk) used to make bread and pastry. May contain yeast or baking powder as leavening agent.

 

[DOH] A mixture of flour, liquid and other ingredients (often including a leavening) that's stiff but pliable enough to work with the hands. Unlike a batter, dough is too stiff to pour.

 
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noun

    Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal wampum. Slang bread, cabbage, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British brass. See money.

 
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IN BRIEF: A thick mass of liquid and flour.

pronunciation He had bulging biceps from years of kneading bread dough.

Tutor's tip: The "doe" (a female deer or rabbit) in the cartoon hummed "do" (a tone in the musical scale) re mi while kneading "dough" (a mixture of flour and water) for bread.

 
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Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by mixing the flour with a small amount of water. This step is a precursor to making of breads, pasta, pastries, cookies, and muffins.

In many parts of central India, native people use the quick method of making an instant roasted dough ball or baati. Flat unleavened breads known as roti, lavash, yufka, matzo, and tortilla are used in many parts of the world today.

Leavened or fermented dough, made from dry ground grain cereals or legumes mixed with water and yeast are in use all over the world. These includes all kinds of breads made from wheat, maize, rice and other cereals or similar crops used today in the world.

Fried dough foods are common in many cultures. In America, "elephant ears" is a common name for fried dough.

Dough is usually a Non-Newtonian fluid which is relevant for kneading and kneading machines.bar:Doag


 
Translations: Translations for: Dough

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dej, [sl.] penge

Nederlands (Dutch)
deeg, poen

Français (French)
n. - pâte à pain, fric (arg)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Teig, Moneten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζύμη, ζυμάρι, (καθομ.) χρήμα, παραδάκι

Italiano (Italian)
grana, contanti, pasta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - massa (f) de pão

Русский (Russian)
тесто, бабки

Español (Spanish)
n. - pasta, plata, guita, masa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kulor, stålar

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
生面团, 钱, 现款, 似生面团的东西, 布丁

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 生麵團, 錢, 現款, 似生麵團的東西, 布丁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 반죽, 부드러운 덩어리, 돈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 生地, 軟塊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عجين ( خليط من الماء والطحين وغيرها جاهز للخبز), دراهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עיסה, בצק, כסף‬


 
 

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