As nouns the difference between porridge and dough
is that
porridge is a type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley while
dough is a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
As a verb dough is
to make into dough.
porridge Noun
( en-noun)
A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
- Eat your porridge while it's hot!
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(British slang) A prison sentence.
- Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
See also
* gruel
* oatmeal
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dough English
Alternative forms
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Noun
( en-noun)
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
- Pizza dough is very stretchy.
(slang) Money.
- His mortgage payments left him short on dough .
Derived terms
* doughboy
* doughnut
* doughy
* rolling in dough
Verb
( en verb)
To make into dough.
- The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.
Derived terms
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