cream of tartar

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Noun

cream of tartar (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.

Derived terms

• cream of tartar bread
• cream of tartar tree

Translations

potassium hydrogen tartrate

• Bulgarian: винен камък m (vinen kamăk)
• Finnish: viinikivi
• French: crème de tartre (fr) f
• German: Weinstein (de) m
• Icelandic: vínsteinn m, vínsteinsduft n
• Italian: cremortartaro m
• Macedonian: вински камен m (vinski kamen)
• Māori: kirīmi tāta
• Polish: kamień winny (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: cremor de tártaro m
• Yiddish: ווײַנשטיין m (vaynshteyn)