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sourdough

[ souuhr-doh, sou-er- ]

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noun

fermented dough retained from one baking and used as leaven, rather than fresh yeast, to start the next.
bread leavened with this fermented dough:
Pick up a loaf of sourdough and a baguette, too.
a prospector or pioneer, especially in Alaska or Canada.
any longtime resident, especially in Alaska or Canada.

sourdough

/ ˈsaʊəˌdəʊ /

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English: literally, “leaven, leavened bread” ; sour, dough

They are vinous, herbaceous, and reminiscent of sourdough yeast starter.

Choosing one wine to go with candied yams and sourdough stuffing is challenging.

The real old time veteran and sourdough is a model of neatness and order.

He had only one arm and one leg, the other members having been lost when his sourdough barrel blew up.

Having breakfasted heartily on sourdough flapjacks, warmed-over baked beans and coffee, they were ready for anything.

Takes its rise in the Sourdough Mountains and flows northward across the boundary of the Park.

A ridge jutting northwestward from Sourdough Mountains, in the northeastern part of the Park.

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