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Poolish vs Woolish - What's the difference?

poolish | woolish |

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

English

Noun

(poolishes)
  • a mixture of flour and water with a little yeast; used to make some forms of dough

    • Synonyms

    * pre-ferment * sponge * bread starter ----

    woolish

    English

    Alternative forms

    *woollish

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of wool.
  • * 1998 , Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early , High Water Press (1998), ISBN 0964662922, page 263:
    • He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.
  • * 2004 , L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth , Vortex (2004), ISBN 9780843951363, page 279:
    • He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.
  • * 2006 , C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers , ISBN 9781430303633, 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?)
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    • Synonyms

    *woollike *wooly, woolly