dough balls

Unbaked bread lumps

Dough balls are small rounded portions of uncooked or cooked dough.

In cooking, they're often dropped into soups or stews, or baked as appetizers—particularly the garlic butter variety served at pizza restaurants: We ordered dough balls while we waited for our pizza.

The term also appears as slang for a dull or stupid person.

Related

bread · bread rolls · yeast · flour · kneading · rolling · pull apart · sticky · pillowy · soft · chewy · risen · baking · pizza · knead · proofing · stretchy · raw

Categories
Opposites
cooking state

dough ballstoasted bread

crusty roll · hardtack · croutons · burnt toast

form/shape

dough ballsloaf

Baked bread shape

baguette · bread loaf · flatbread · sandwich bread · naan

texture/consistency

dough ballscrusty bread

Baked good with firm shell

crispy crust · hardtack · crackers · croutons · toast

Family

dough, ball, balls, doughs, doughy, balled, balling

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G