sourdough
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
sourdough
- A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste. [from 14th c.]
- (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."
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:
- (countable, Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
- Antonyms: cheechako
- French: levain
- German: Sauerteig
- Italian: pasta madre, lievito naturale, lievito madre
- Portuguese: massa azeda
- Russian: опа́ра
- Spanish: masa madre
sourdough (not comparable)
- Made from sourdough.
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