dough
/dou/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A soft, thick mixture of flour, liquid, and other ingredients: This mixture is used in baking and is typically stiff enough to be kneaded or shaped before being cooked.
- Informal term for money: Slang for cash or currency.
Examples
- Noun (Flour mixture):
- She kneaded the dough for ten minutes before letting it rise.
- The recipe calls for a sticky dough, so add the water slowly.
- Noun (Money):
- He made a lot of dough selling vintage cars online.
- I need to earn some extra dough this summer.
Advanced Usage
- "My cake is dough": An idiom meaning one's plans or efforts have failed or come to nothing.
- After the funding was canceled, my cake was dough.
Variants and Related Words
- Doughy (adj): Having a soft, thick, and somewhat pale quality resembling uncooked dough.
- The undercooked bread was still doughy in the middle.
Synonyms
- For the flour mixture: Paste, batter (though batter is typically thinner), mixture.
- For money (slang): Cash, bread, bucks, moolah.
Related Phrases
- To be rolling in dough: To be very wealthy.
- Ever since his invention took off, he's been rolling in dough.
Related Idioms
- "My cake is dough": As mentioned above, signifies a failed endeavor.
- All my careful planning came to nothing; my cake is dough.
Noun
- informal terms for money
- a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll