saleratus
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English
Alternative forms
- salaeratus
- salæratus (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
enPR: sălərātəs
Noun
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.