Associations to the word «Sourdough»

Wiktionary

SOURDOUGH, noun. A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste.
SOURDOUGH, noun. (slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska.
SOURDOUGH, noun. (Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
SOURDOUGH, adjective. Made from sourdough.

Dictionary definition

SOURDOUGH, noun. A leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread.
SOURDOUGH, noun. A settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope