sourdough

[ souuhr-doh, sou-er- ]
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noun
  1. fermented dough retained from one baking and used as leaven, rather than fresh yeast, to start the next.

  2. bread leavened with this fermented dough: Pick up a loaf of sourdough and a baguette, too.

  1. a prospector or pioneer, especially in Alaska or Canada.

  2. any longtime resident, especially in Alaska or Canada.

adjective
  1. leavened with sourdough: sourdough bread.

Origin of sourdough

1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English: literally, “leaven, leavened bread” ; see origin at sour, dough

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British Dictionary definitions for sourdough

sourdough

/ (ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ) /


adjective
  1. dialect (of bread) made with fermented dough used as a leaven

noun
  1. (in Western US, Canada, and Alaska) an old-time prospector or pioneer

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