Real Dictionary

dough
variable noun: Dough is a fairly firm mixture of flour, water, and sometimes also fat and sugar. It can be cooked to make bread, pastry, and biscuits.

dough in American English
a mixture of flour, liquid, leavening, and other ingredients, worked into a soft, thick mass for baking into bread, pastry, etc.
noun: flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread

dough in British English
noun: a thick mixture of flour or meal and water or milk, used for making bread, pastry, etc