saleratus

English

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Etymology

From New Latin sal + aeratus.

Pronunciation

enPR: sălərātəs

Noun

saleratus (usually uncountable, plural saleratuses)

  1. 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.
  2. Potassium bicarbonate.

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