cream of tartar
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C4H5KO6, used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals.
Origin of cream of tartar
1- Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate .
- Compare tartar (def. 3).
Words Nearby cream of tartar
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How to use cream of tartar in a sentence
Ginger-beer is prepared by fermenting cream-of-tartar, ginger, and sugar with yeast and water.
Then from the kitchen, where she had gone to get a fresh supply of cream-of-tartar biscuit, came little Mrs. Tidditt.
Fair Harbor | Joseph Crosby LincolnChloride of silver, two parts; cream-of-tartar, two parts; alum, one part.
The Silversmith's Handbook | George E. GeeThe pod of the cream-of-tartar is the shape of a cucumber and 10 to 12 inches long.
Seven Legs Across the Seas | Samuel MurrayThe cream-of-tartar tree, however, will interest a visitor more.
Seven Legs Across the Seas | Samuel Murray
British Dictionary definitions for cream of tartar
another name for potassium hydrogen tartrate, esp when used in baking powders
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