leavening

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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

leavening

  1. present participle and gerund of leaven

Noun

leavening (plural leavenings)

  1. The process by which something is leavened.
    • 1956, Charlie Lewis Broad, Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and of Peace, page 623:
      For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt.
  2. Synonym of leavening agent

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Adjective

leavening (not comparable)

  1. Making light by aeration.