starter dough

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starter dough

noun starter doughs

countable, uncountable A small amount of "live" dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough.
Similar: levain, mother dough, mother sponge

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@misc{starter_dough_2026,
  title = {starter dough},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/starter%20dough},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}