baking powder

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeastType of leaven, leavening
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Baking powder

a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter.

From the entry Baking.


Atlas powder, Baking powder

etc. See under Atlas, Baking, etc.

From the entry Powder.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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