sourdough
pronunciation
How to pronounce sourdough in British English:
UK [ˈsaʊədəʊ]
How to pronounce sourdough in American English:
US [ˈsaʊərdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
- a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
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- Adjective:
- leavened with a small amount of fermented dough
Word Origin
- sourdough (n.)
- early 14c., "leavened bread," also "leaven" (late 14c.), from sour (adj.) + dough. Meaning "fermented dough" is from 1868. The meaning "Arctic prospector or pioneer" is from 1898 Yukon gold rush, from the practice of saving a lump of fermented dough as leaven for raising bread baked during the winter.
Example
- 1. Any more sourdough bread for you gentlemen ?
- 2. Home cured bacon , eggs and whole wheat sourdough .
- 3. Which will have started to taste like a sourdough .
- 4. You 've had my sourdough bread .
- 5. I saw you make a spinach dip in a ioaf of sourdough bread once .