JUMPING-OFF PLACE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
   Synonym(s)
   • point of departure (what does point of departure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him
   • my point of departure was San Francisco
   Hypernyms(s) jumping-off place is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • rootage (what does rootage mean?)
   • source (what does source mean?)