dough

n.

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.

[Middle English dogh, from Old English dāg.]

Mixture of flour and liquid (water or milk) used to make bread and pastry. May contain yeast or baking powder as leavening agent.

[DOH] A mixture of flour, liquid and other ingredients (often including a leavening) that's stiff but pliable enough to work with the hands. Unlike a batter, dough is too stiff to pour.

noun

Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal wampum. Slang bread, cabbage, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British brass. See money.

IN BRIEF: A thick mass of liquid and flour.

He had bulging biceps from years of kneading bread dough.

Tutor's tip: The "doe" (a female deer or rabbit) in the cartoon hummed "do" (a tone in the musical scale) re mi while kneading "dough" (a mixture of flour and water) for bread.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dej, [sl.] penge

Nederlands (Dutch)
deeg, poen

Français (French)
n. - pâte à pain, fric (arg)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Teig, Moneten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζύμη, ζυμάρι, (καθομ.) χρήμα, παραδάκι

Italiano (Italian)
grana, contanti, pasta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - massa (f) de pão

Русский (Russian)
тесто, бабки

Español (Spanish)
n. - pasta, plata, guita, masa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kulor, stålar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
生面团, 钱, 现款, 似生面团的东西, 布丁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 生麵團, 錢, 現款, 似生麵團的東西, 布丁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 반죽, 부드러운 덩어리, 돈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 生地, 軟塊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عجين ( خليط من الماء والطحين وغيرها جاهز للخبز), دراهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עיסה, בצק, כסף‬

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dough	dough mixer
dough machine	phyllo dough