Meaning of JUMPING-OFF PLACE

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
	Websites:
	Synonyms:		jumping-off point
	See Also:		beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		antipodes, bitter end, bottom dollar, boundary, butt, butt end, China, Darkest Africa, extreme, extremity, fag end, farthest bound, frontier, God knows where, godforsaken place, Greenland, hick town, hoosier town, jerkwater town, limit, nib, North Pole, nowhere, one-horse town, outback, Outer Mongolia, outer space, outpost, outskirts, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, point, pole, rube town, Siberia, South Pole, station, stub, stump, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, tank town, the boondocks, the Great Divide, the moon, the South Seas, the sticks, the tullies, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, tip, Ultima Thule, whistle-stop, Yukon