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doughy.

Adjective
General
MEANING

Soft, dense, or undercooked in a way that resembles dough.

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  • doughy bread
  • doughy centre

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The crust looked perfect, but the centre remained doughy.

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doughy

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Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more doughy; superlative most doughy when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.

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