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sour-dough

sour-dough is the alternative form of sourdough.

Meaning of sourdough

Noun

sourdough (countable and uncountable, plural sourdoughs)

  1. A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste.
    Synonyms:
    sourdough bread
  2. (countable, slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska.
    • The troops went for those fresh tomatoes like sourdoughs going for gold in the Klondike.1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80
  3. (Yukon, countable) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
    Antonyms:
    cheechako
  4. (countable, historical) A 49er, a California Gold Rush miner.
  5. (obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

See all 6 meanings of sourdough

Forms of sour-dough

pluralsour-doughs

Questions about sour-dough

What is sour-dough the alternative form of?
Sour-dough is the alternative form of sourdough.

Words near sour-dough in the dictionary

  1. sour stomachs
  2. sour tooth
  3. sour tooths
  4. sour worm
  5. sour worms
  6. sour-dough
  7. sour-doughs
  8. sour-faced
  9. sour-sop
  10. sour-sops
  11. sour-sweet

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