Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

dough

American  
[doh] / doʊ /

noun

  1. flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.

  2. any similar soft, pasty mass.

  3. Slang. money.

dough British  
/ dəʊ /

noun

  1. a thick mixture of flour or meal and water or milk, used for making bread, pastry, etc

  2. any similar pasty mass

  3. a slang word for money

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • doughlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of dough

before 1000; Middle English do ( u ) gh, do ( u ) h, dou ( e ), Old English dāg, dāh; cognate with Dutch deeg, Old Norse deig, Gothic daigs, German Teig

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"It's where I can leave all my stress in the dough and just relax," she told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

If that had happened, you could then have asked him for the dough without triggering a negative review on the site.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

These enzymes become active as the dough grows more acidic during fermentation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

But start folding in coconut shreds, caramel swirls, candy pieces, cookie dough, marshmallows?

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

As she pinched and rolled the dough she turned over her questions in her mind, searching for a way to bring up Clara.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.