sourdough

sour·dough

S0580600 (sour′dō′)n.1. a. Sour fermented dough used as leaven in making bread.b. Bread made from such a leaven.2. An early settler or prospector, especially in Alaska and northwest Canada.

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[Sense 2, from an association with using pieces of sourdough to leaven bread in the winter.]

sourdough

(ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ) adj (Cookery) dialect (of bread) made with fermented dough used as a leavenn (Mining & Quarrying) (in Western US, Canada, and Alaska) an old-time prospector or pioneer

sour•dough

(ˈsaʊ^ərˌdoʊ, ˈsaʊ ər-)

n. 1. fermented dough, used as a leavening agent from one baking to the next. 2. a veteran prospector in Alaska or NW Canada. [1275–1325]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sourdough - a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making breadleaven, leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
	2.	sourdough - a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)western United States, West - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi Riverprospector - someone who explores an area for mineral depositscolonist, settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

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