sourdough
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsaʊɚdoʊ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈsaʊədəʊ/
Noun

sourdough

  1. A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste. [from 14th c.]
  2. (countable, slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska. [from 1898]
    • 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:
      "The troops went for those fresh tomatoes like sourdoughs going for gold in the Klondike."
  3. (countable, Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
    Antonyms: cheechako
Translations
  • French: levain
  • German: Sauerteig
  • Italian: pasta madre, lievito naturale, lievito madre
  • Portuguese: massa azeda
  • Russian: опа́ра
  • Spanish: masa madre
Adjective

sourdough (not comparable)

  1. Made from sourdough.



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