Meaning

A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste..

Definitions by Sense

1. A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste.
2. (countable, slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska.
3. (countable, Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
4. (countable, historical) A 49er, a California Gold Rush miner.
5. (obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

Example Sentences

The troops went for those fresh tomatoes like sourdoughs going for gold in the Klondike.

Word Forms

• sourdoughs
• sour dough

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