different between sourdough vs wholemeal

English

Etymology

From Middle English soure dogh, soure dowhe, soure dow?, equivalent to sour +? dough, compare German Sauerteig. The senses pertaining to California, Alaska and the Yukon derive from the distinctive pouches of bread starter (starter dough used to make sourdough) worn on a belt or around the neck by experienced prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush and California Gold Rush.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sa???do?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa???d??/
• Hyphenation: sour?dough

Noun

sourdough (countable and uncountable, plural sourdoughs)

1. A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste. [from 14th c.]
2. (countable, slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska. [from 1898]
   • 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:

     "The troops went for those fresh tomatoes like sourdoughs going for gold in the Klondike."

3. (countable, Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.

   Antonym: cheechako

4. (countable, historical) A 49er, a California Gold Rush miner.

Alternative forms

• (dough): sour dough

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Adjective

sourdough (not comparable)

1. Made from sourdough.

Alternative forms

• sour-dough, sour dough

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References

Further reading

• sourdough on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

whole +? meal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho?lmi?l/, [?h???mi??]

Adjective

wholemeal (not comparable)

1. (of bread or flour) containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran

   Synonyms: wholegrain, whole-wheat

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Noun

wholemeal (uncountable)

1. Whole-wheat flour
   • 1955, Domestic Food Consumption and Expenditure: Annual Report of the National Food Survey Committee

     As might be expected, the small white loaf was bought mainly by the smaller wholly adult households, who also purchased much more wholemeal, other brown and "other" bread than did any type of family with children.

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