sourdough

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English

Adjective

sourdough (not comparable)

1. Describing something made from dough that was leavened with yeast and lactobacteria that produce acids giving a sour taste.

Translations

describing sthg made from sourdough

• Finnish: hapan- (fi)

Noun

sourdough (plural sourdoughs)

1. Dough, leavened with yeast and lactobacteria that produce acids giving a sour taste.
2. (slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska. From the distinctive pouches of bread starter worn on a belt or around the neck by experienced prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush. [1] [2]
   • 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:

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

3. (Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.

Translations

dough

• Finnish: hapantaikina (fi)
• French: levain (fr) m
• German: Sauerteig (de) m
• Greek: προζύμι (el) (prozými) n, μεταλευτής (el) (metaleftís) m
• Hebrew: שאור (he) (s'or)

• Irish: taos géar (ga) m
• Italian: pasta madre (it) f, lievito naturale (it) m, lievito madre (it) m
• Norwegian: surdeig (no) m
• Serbo-Croatian: комлов (sh) (komlov) m
• Swedish: surdeg (sv) c

Antonyms

• (someone new to Alaska and Yukon): cheechako