I don't have much dough. didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo
Recent Examples on the WebFor instance, the dough is squishy, with a shape that can change in many ways. Galadriel Watson, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The pastry dough is laced with curry powder, olive oil, garlic, thyme and turmeric. Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Refrigerate until dough is firm, at least 2 hours or up to 2 weeks. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2022 Once the toppings look good and melted and the dough is brown, the pizza is ready to eat. Joe Difazio, USA TODAY, 27 June 2022 Pizza dough is an art and science that takes a whole lot of finesse. Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2022 On a late afternoon break from hand-stretching pizza dough, Luca Issa walks up a couple of floors to hop on a Zoom call. Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 Considered one of the oldest pasta types, cavatelli are made from an eggless dough and rolled into small shells that resemble tiny hot dog buns. Tierney Mcafee, Country Living, 9 June 2022 The tart leaves can be used in salad, and the flowers can be added to bread dough. Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English doh, dogh, dowe, going back to Old English dāg, going back to Germanic *daiga- (whence Middle Dutch deech "dough," Old High German teig, Old Norse deig, deigr, Gothic daigs), ablaut derivative from the base of *digan-, *dīgan- "to knead, shape" (whence Gothic digan, gadigan "to knead, form from clay"), going back to Indo-European *dhei̯ǵh- "knead, shape" — more at feign
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of dough was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | ... OF DOUGH | VERB + DOUGH | DOUGH + VERBADJECTIVE➤firm硬生麪團▸➤soft軟生麪團▸➤smooth平滑的生麪團▸➤sticky黏黏的生麪團▸➤bread, cookie, pastry, pizza, etc.麪包、小甜點、糕餅、比薩等生麪團... OF DOUGH➤ball, lump, piece一團麪;一大塊麪;一塊麪VERB + DOUGH➤make和麪▸➤knead, shape揉麪團;把麪做成⋯形狀◇Knead the dough lightly, then shape it into a round loaf.輕輕地揉麪團,然後搓成圓條麪包形。➤roll out, turn out把麪團擀開;把麪團倒出◇Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.把麪團倒在撒了少許麪粉的案板上。DOUGH + VERB➤rise麪團發酵◇Leave the dough to rise.讓麪團發酵。