(baking) A small amount of "live" dough used in traditional bakery to start the fermentation process necessary for preparing sourdough.

(Caribbean English) Starch gleaned from the rootstocks of specimens of the genus Canna, especially Canna indica (syn. Canna edulis).

Not containing starch or carbohydrates.

(Britain, emphatic) Not wearing clothes.

(idiomatic) A new beginning, without prejudices.

plural of starting pitcher

(baseball) A pitcher who is usually used to start a game; a member of a team's rotation. Compare relief pitcher. / (baseball) A pitcher who is recorded to begin the game.

(roofing) Roll roofing or shingle strips applied along the downslope eave line before the first course of roofing and intended to fill spaces between cut-out and joints of the first course.

plural of starter strip

plural of starting point