DOUGH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("dough" is a kind of...):

concoction; intermixture; mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)

Meronyms (substance of "dough"):

flour (fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dough"):

pastry; pastry dough (a dough of flour and water and shortening)

bread dough (any of various doughs for bread)

Derivation:

doughy (having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking)

Meaning:

Informal terms for money

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("dough" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)