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sourdough

sourdough

8 3.5
Bread made from dough left with wild yeast, often with a tangy taste
  • noun
  • /ˈsaʊərˌdoʊ/
translation icon : pan de masa madre
  • Is this a loaf of the famous San Francisco sourdough bread?
  • sourdough bread
  • a sourdough loaf
  • a sourdough sandwich

And I also just made a piece of buttered sourdough toast.

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Examples

  • All three plates, plus a basket of sourdough rolls, were empty, which was good news.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • And we're going to be putting them on some sourdough rye bread.

  • Excuse me, excuse me, but I ordered sourdough and you gave me whole wheat.

  • And last one for Tim, is sourdough bread healthy?

    ZOE

  • Got some sourdough bread, some olive spread.

    Taylor Wynn

  • We have gluten free sourdough bread.

  • I went for the poached eggs on sourdough with tomatoes.

  • And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to make toast for breakfast with some of my homemade sourdough bread.

    Blog text (27)

  • After the kids had grazed Libby's buffet, Cooper made himself a big sandwich on the fresh sourdough bread, putting a slice of everything in it.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • For breakfast, I had avocado on sourdough toast with a sprinkle of salt.

Synonyms

bread
vssourdough
805 1.0

A common food made by baking dough from flour, often with yeast

is a particular variety made by natural fermentation, giving tangy flavor
sourdough bread
vssourdough
3 2.8

Bread made with a natural starter that has a slightly sour taste and a chewy crust

is defined by fermentation via wild yeast and bacteria, creating tangy flavor
sour bread
vssourdough
3.5

Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste

highlights natural wild yeast and bacterial fermentation rather than just tanginess

Compounds

sourdough bread
3 2.8

Bread made with a natural starter that has a slightly sour taste and a chewy crust

How Tangy

sourdough
8 3.5
rye bread
4 2.2
white bread
12 1.0

Surface Forms

sourdough singular
sourdoughs plural

Morphology

sourdough = sour + dough (transparent) = sour + dough

The compound 'sour' + 'dough' straightforwardly describes bread made using fermented dough, so the composition is transparent.

Etymology

Sourdough for the bread is named the same way: the dough ferments and gets a tangy, 'sour' taste, so people called the loaves sour dough. That's why sourdough bread has a strong, tangy flavor.