sourdough

IPA: sˈaʊɝdˈoʊ

A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste.
(countable, slang) An old-timer, especially in Alaska.
(countable, Yukon) A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons.
(countable, historical) A 49er, a California Gold Rush miner.
(obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

Examples of "sourdough" in Sentences

( "CHOW-da") in sourdough bread bowls, or some really good chicken tikka.
Yes | No | Report from jamesti wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago sourdough is the man?
Norton (aka my sourdough starter) will be traveling to Ohio with me, in sort of a reverse Oregon trail pilgrimage.
So I went looking for basic methods on how to make your own "natural leavening"--what is generally referred to as a sourdough starter.
The salty taste of the cheese and round coolness of the sourdough was a perfect match for the cloyingly tangy-sweet sauce of Branston Pickle.
You can get five different veggies of your choice on a plate at Hecho en Mexico, one of my favorites overall, though it has plenty of meat, chicken and fish on the menu (its cheeseburger on grilled sourdough is my favorite).
Instead, I'm nagging grandson to split some wood and fill the stove, thinking about making some whole grain sourdough bread to warm the kitchen, and hoping those moles that keep re-growing after removal on my hubby's back are not melanoma – which his grandfather, uncle and aunt died of.