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Saleratus

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sodium bicarbonate. uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid wordnet
  3. 3
    Potassium bicarbonate. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From New Latin sal + aeratus.

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