Poolish vs Woolish - What's the difference?
poolish | woolish |
a mixture of flour and water with a little yeast; used to make some forms of dough
Resembling or characteristic of wool.
* 1998 , Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early , High Water Press (1998), ISBN 0964662922,
* 2004 , L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth , Vortex (2004), ISBN 9780843951363,
* 2006 , C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers , ISBN 9781430303633,
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As a noun poolish
is a mixture of flour and water with a little yeast; used to make some forms of dough.As an adjective woolish is
resembling or characteristic of wool.poolish
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Noun
(poolishes)Synonyms
* pre-ferment * sponge * bread starter ----woolish
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Alternative forms
*woollishAdjective
(en adjective)page 263:
- He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.
page 279:
- He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.
page 106:
- (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)