Definition of dough

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dough    (d) KEY  

NOUN:

1. 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.
2. Slang Money.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English dogh, from Old English dg; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots

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