saleratus
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- salaeratus
- salæratus (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
enPR: sălərātəs
Noun[edit]
saleratus (usually uncountable, plural saleratuses)
- Sodium bicarbonate.
- 1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 31:
- She spent nearly two hours firing up the oven and trying to raise a loaf of wheat bread with saleratus, the only leavening she could find.
- Potassium bicarbonate.