Dough vs. Doughy

Dough vs. Doughy — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dough and Doughy

Doughnoun

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

Pizza dough is very stretchy.

Doughyadjective

Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as

Doughnoun

(slang) Money.

His mortgage payments left him short on dough.Hey Martin, we are playing a hold'em card game for some dough, would you like to join?

Doughyadjective

pale and flabby

Doughverb

(transitive) To make into dough.

The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

Doughyadjective

soft and heavy

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Doughnoun

a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll

Doughyadjective

having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking;

the cake fell; it's a doughy mess

Doughnoun

informal terms for money