"Cohesive dough" refers to a type of dough that sticks together and holds its shape well. It's a dough that can be easily formed into various shapes without falling apart. Full definition
Stir to combine until a sticky cohesive dough forms. (faring-well.com)
Using dough hook on low speed, slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture and mix until cohesive dough starts to form and no dry flour remains, about 2 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed. (mycookinggallery.blogspot.ru)
Everything looked beautiful and I added one last drop of peanut butter and * BOOM * the beautiful cohesive dough separated into a million greasy bits. (smittenkitchen.com)