mother dough

noun

A live dough used as the source of starter dough, containing live (traditionally, environmentally derived) yeast and ground grains, for making sourdough, that is kept, fed and watered, and used in perpetuity in a traditional bakery or by traditional bakers.

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Meanings

nounmother dough (plural mother doughs)

plural mother doughs

  1. bakingA live dough used as the source of starter dough, containing live (traditionally, environmentally derived) yeast and ground grains, for making sourdough, that is kept, fed and watered, and used in perpetuity in a traditional bakery or by traditional bakers.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
levainstarter dough
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APA

mother dough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20dough

MLA

“mother dough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20dough. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mother dough,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mother%20dough.

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