starter

  • 131starter dough — noun A small amount of live dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough. Syn: mother sponge …

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  • 132starter strip — noun Roll roofing or shingle strips applied along the downslope eave line before the first course of roofing and intended to fill spaces between cutout and joints of the first course …

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