1
: a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (such as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll
2
: something resembling dough especially in consistency
3
: money
doesn't have much dough
4
military
: doughboy
Examples of dough in a Sentence
I don't have much dough.
didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo
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Her dishes can appear sculptural — tall peaks of radicchio jutting from a salad or long-stemmed flowers sprouting from a cake — while her signature dumplings and fortune cookies weave psychedelic colorways into the dough.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
The Oreo footlong cookie, made with Subway's chocolate chip cookie dough base, Oreo pieces and topped with vanilla cream, will only be available for a limited time.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
That means his own pizza dough in regular and gluten-free versions using a process that takes three days, spicy Italian fennel sausage, tomato sauce using tomatoes from Puglia that also takes three days, and a focciaca that dangerously addictive.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Take your pick from vibrant and neutral colorways of this best seller, which is equipped with a dishwasher-safe stainless-steel bowl that’s big enough to mix up to nine dozen cookies’ worth of dough at a time.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2025
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
The Oreo footlong cookie, made with Subway's chocolate chip cookie dough base, Oreo pieces and topped with vanilla cream, will only be available for a limited time.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
That means his own pizza dough in regular and gluten-free versions using a process that takes three days, spicy Italian fennel sausage, tomato sauce using tomatoes from Puglia that also takes three days, and a focciaca that dangerously addictive.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Take your pick from vibrant and neutral colorways of this best seller, which is equipped with a dishwasher-safe stainless-steel bowl that’s big enough to mix up to nine dozen cookies’ worth of dough at a time.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Dough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dough. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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dough
noun1
: a soft mass of moistened flour or meal thick enough to knead or roll
2
: something resembling dough especially in consistency
3
doughy
adjective
ˈdō-ē
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