Meanings
nounkneading trough (plural kneading troughs)
plural kneading troughs
- A (usually wooden) trough in which dough is kneaded before baking into bread.
I came to a room where I found nothing but an empty bed and a kneading-trough [translating Trog] with the lid fixed down.
1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.8, Dedalus 2016, p. 2221 more example
And the people tooke their dough before it was leauened, their kneading troughes beeing bound vp in their clothes vpon their ſhoulders.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:34, column 2
Translations
Ancient Greek κάρδοπος, μάκτρα
- κάρδοπος (kárdopos)trough in which dough is kneaded
- μάκτρα (máktra)trough in which dough is kneaded
- μαγίς (magís)trough in which dough is kneaded
- ληνός (lēnós)trough in which dough is kneaded
- γρώνη (grṓnē)trough in which dough is kneaded
Arabic مَاجُور
- مَاجُور (mājūr)trough in which dough is kneaded
Bulgarian но́щви
- но́щви (nóštvi)trough in which dough is kneaded
Catalan pastera
- pasteratrough in which dough is kneaded
Czech díže, necky
- dížetrough in which dough is kneaded
- neckytrough in which dough is kneaded
Dutch kneedtrog
- kneedtrogtrough in which dough is kneaded
Finnish taikinakaukalo, kaukalo
- taikinakaukalotrough in which dough is kneaded
- kaukalotrough in which dough is kneaded
French pétrin
- pétrintrough in which dough is kneaded
German Backtrog, Knettrog
- Backtrogtrough in which dough is kneaded
- Knettrogtrough in which dough is kneaded
Italian madia, tavola per impasto
- madiatrough in which dough is kneaded
- tavola per impastotrough in which dough is kneaded
Latin fermentātōrium, alveāre
- fermentātōriumtrough in which dough is kneaded
- alveāretrough in which dough is kneaded
- alveāriumtrough in which dough is kneaded
- magistrough in which dough is kneaded
Persian لاوک
- لاوک (lâvak)trough in which dough is kneaded
Polish dzieża
- dzieżatrough in which dough is kneaded
Portuguese artesa, amassadeira
- artesatrough in which dough is kneaded
- amassadeiratrough in which dough is kneaded
- masseiratrough in which dough is kneaded
Romanian postávă, téică
- postávătrough in which dough is kneaded
- téicătrough in which dough is kneaded
- stráchinătrough in which dough is kneaded
- căpistéretrough in which dough is kneaded
- álbietrough in which dough is kneaded
- covátătrough in which dough is kneaded
Russian дежа́, квашня́
- дежа́ (dežá)trough in which dough is kneaded
- квашня́ (kvašnjá)trough in which dough is kneaded
- но́чвы (nóčvy)trough in which dough is kneaded
Slovak dieža
- diežatrough in which dough is kneaded
Spanish artesa, amasadera
- artesatrough in which dough is kneaded
- amasaderatrough in which dough is kneaded
Swedish baktråg, degtråg
- baktrågtrough in which dough is kneaded
- degtrågtrough in which dough is kneaded
Turkish hamur teknesi, ekmek teknesi
- hamur teknesitrough in which dough is kneaded
- ekmek teknesitrough in which dough is kneaded
Ukrainian діжа́, но́чви
- діжа́ (dižá)trough in which dough is kneaded
- но́чви (nóčvy)trough in which dough is kneaded
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